How to play
Project aims to push kids off the couch and rekindle the joy that can only be found outdoors Have our kids forgotten how to play? Scott Wentworth thinks so. The landscape architect and contractor (pictured below) worries that the only exercise many of our kids get is structured by parents or their school—and each variety […]
Litterbugs
The villains and heroes of conservation areas It’s a gorgeous evening at Massassauga Point. The breeze coming off the Bay is cooling off the day’s intense heat. The sound of small waves massaging the rocks is perfect for melting away the day’s stress. A red van, a Pontiac Montana, pulls up in the parking lot. […]
Tough on traffic
OPP chief defends crackdown on speeding and seatbelts Staff Sergeant Barry Freeburn says he is responding to the wishes of the community in pursuing traffic and speeding violations more aggressively than has been done in the past. When the OPP detachment commander was being considered for the top job in Prince Edward County he conducted […]
The finish line
School board agrees to help fund resurfacing athletic track at school in Wellington The last shoe has finally dropped. On Monday night the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board unanimously approved a third of the funding for a project to rehabilitate the Lakeshore Track at CML Snider School in Wellington. Describing the opportunity as […]
The price of water
Water is free, keeping it clean costs When a small western Ontario town started getting sick, it caught the attention of the local media.When the source of the illness turned out to be the water, it caught the whole province’s attention. When, after four Walkerton residents, including a two-year-old girl had died and hundreds had […]
Crackdown
County OPP getting tough on speeding and traffic offences Have you noticed a greater police presence on County roads this year? Or perhaps you’ve been on the receiving end of the nearly 1,000 provincial offence charges handed out by Prince Edward OPP in the first three months of 2011.That’s an increase of 62 per cent […]
Sun safety 101
The UV index is getting high. Protect yourself Ilove the sunshine. I get as much of it as I can, hiking, biking, swimming, rowing or just lounging around outdoors. I’ve got a pretty dark complexion, and nothing more than the odd freckle. I never really thought much about sunscreen. A couple years ago I made […]
Dealing with the devil
County to approve cost-recovery deal with industrial wind developer Should we make a deal with someone we’ve made clear we want nothing to do with? That is the quandary a committee of council faced last week as it tried to figure out what to do with Gilead Power Corporation. The industrial wind developer continues to […]
Mindful meat
You get your meat at the grocery store. Where does it really come from? Next time you buy local beef from your butcher, be sure to get the name of the farmer who raised it. And when you arrive at the grocery store to purchase a locally raised steak, don’t forget to ask your grocer […]
Blown start
Late and messy, PC party handpicks candidate for Prince Edward-Hastings With just 133 days until a provincial election, the Progressive Conservatives have finally named their candidate for Prince Edward-Hastings. He is Todd Smith, the news voice at CJBQ in Belleville. In a process that has raised many eyebrows in the riding, Smith was handpicked last […]