Probable cause
Ostrander Point hearings wrap up in Demorestville The hearings into the appeal of a wind energy project at Ostrander Point are nearing an end. The last witnesses were heard in Demorestville last week. Outside a steady spring drizzle quenched nearby crops and leafy green trees. It was a sharp contrast to the beginning of this […]
Head water
County to consider water pipeline from Wellington to Picton It is not a new idea. The notion that Wellington’s water plant, pulling water from a kilometre into Lake Ontario to supply various parts of the County—and beyond, has been kicked around in various forms for at least two decades, perhaps longer. It is a relatively […]
What not to expect…
QHC forced to transport babies to Kingston when it can’t find a doctor Expecting a baby, particularly for first-time parents, is a stress-filled time. This anxiety is compounded many times over when you learn you must undergo an emergency C-section, or caesarian, six weeks before the due date. But for Vanessa and Brent Inwood that […]
Birthday plans
Wellington gets set to celebrate 150 years One hundred and fifty years ago this year the village of Wellington was carved out of Hillier Township and Hallowell to stand as a self-governed community. The nation of Canada wouldn’t be formed for another four years. Across the lake Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery […]
No small cheese
Festival becoming the focal point for artisanal food and drink producers They came from Vancouver Island and Newfoundland—and seemingly everywhere in between. In its third year, the The Great Canadian Cheese Festival has truly earned its name—for it was both great and truly Canadian. There was cheese from Quebec, beer from Vancouver, buffalo from Ontario […]
One way or another
Council takes reverses course on Lakeside Drive Spend enough time around Shire Hall and it will soon appear there are only a very small number of issues in Prince Edward County. Even when these seem to be resolved and decided—they aren’t. They simply go into the Council hopper to pop up again on some future […]
Too little, too late
Province to give municipalities more say over industrial wind turbines—but only after thousands more are erected on Ontario’s skyline Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is scrapping the Ontario government’s third renewable energy purchasing scheme in a decade—specifically those for large projects such as wind turbines proposed in South Marysburgh and multi-hectare solar projects like the pair […]
Exodus begins
Young doctors leaving the County due to cuts to Picton hospital It was not unexpected. Most knew this was coming—that faced with declining services and resources at Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital, doctors would leave this community. Still the news that two young and energetic physicians have concluded that their future isn’t in The County […]
Coming up for air
Ostrander Point appeal nears the end of the appellants witnesses It is an ominous contrivance in a process already laden with Orwellian overtones. Each of the witnesses reporting the damage industrial wind turbines have wrought upon their health and well being has now been reduced to a number at the Environmental Review Tribunal examining the […]
Celebrating County wine
Terroir lures hundreds in search of fine taste At least six busloads and more than 900 wine lovers converged upon the Crystal Palace in Picton on Saturday. Buses came from Ottawa, Cornwall, Kingston and several from Toronto. For the price of admission each County Terroir participant received a large wine glass and was let loose […]