Nothing to whine about
Ontario’s liquor laws offer bittersweet local market protection When David O’Connor buys wine for his Wellington restaurant, East & Main Bistro, he pays the same price any consumer pays either at the LCBO or at the winery. Wine producers, unlike any other of David’s suppliers, are prohibited from extending wholesale or volume pricing to restaurants […]
Whack in the head
Alarming number of concussions in hockey worries Family Health Team doctor Eight NHL players were sidelined just last week. The list of hockey players suffering from concussion symptoms has become a minor epidemic claiming some of the best players in the world. The careers of stars like Sidney Crosby and Chris Pronger are in limbo […]
Hard look
New CAO launches review of County services and facilities Prepare to fight for the things you love about County services, buildings and properties in 2012. As the County’s new chief administrative officer scans his new dominion—he sees a place attempting to do too much with too little and doing a bad job of it in […]
Mixed results
Dukes head to winter break on an untidy note It was a strange spectacle. More childish than intimidating. After submitting themselves to an 8-2 drubbing at the hands of the Dukes on Friday night in front of a large contingent of Wellington fans, a dozen or more Golden Hawks players stared down the victors as […]
Heritage or derelict
Council weighs the future of Picton laneway structure It is a conflict that pits the past against the future—a struggle between private ownership and the community’s interest in seeing its architectural heritage preserved and respected. Victor and Rosemary Smith own the Allison Block building on Main Street in Picton. The building is about 150 years […]
Year-end squeeze
Dukes battle hard in ultra-tight division race As the Wellington Dukes prepare for their final weekend of action in advance of the holidays, the tightness of the race for first place in the East Division could not be more pronounced. After earning just a single point in their overtime loss against Whitby on Friday, the […]
Getting back
Dukes winning streak ends at 10 Acommitment to back-checking—forward skaters wheeling around and battling for the puck from the rear— is a hallmark of great hockey teams. As a rule the teams that work hardest to regain the puck they’ve given up, win. Nowhere was this more on display than during the Wellington Dukes’ defeat […]
A sense of place
The County is recognizing and conserving heritage—by the neighbourhood Astudy, being conducted by the County’s planning department with the help of consultant architecture group ERA, is currently underway in Picton. The goal is to find out how and where to designate a heritage conservation district. The study is the first of its kind in the […]
Graveyard tales
Heritage Advisory Committee seeks to designate South Bay cemetery as a cultural resource Dead men, it seems, do tell tales. Later this month or early next year the Prince Edward Heritage Advisory Committee will be recommending the designation of South Bay Cemetery, situated a couple hundred meters south of the Mariner’s Museum, as a County […]
Inching ahead
Ostrander wind factory inches closer to construction A project to construct nine industrial wind turbines on Crown land at Ostrander Point took a step closer to construction last week as Gilead Power proposed industrial wind factory was posted on the Ministry of Environment’s environmental registry. The public has 60 days—until January 30—to provide comment or […]