A permanent, full-time job
It might be too early to say, “It looks as if summer is around the corner.” I’ve been wrong about the weather many times, because I’m a mom. In Junes past, I remember sending the kids off to school dressed as if they were on a trek to Baffin Island. On those days I wouldn’t […]
Optimism
Next Monday, the trustees of the Hastings Prince Edward District School board will make a decision that will have long-term and far-reaching effects on Prince Edward County. It will affect the kids in the County, their families and the community as a whole. School closures have been on the minds of many communities in rural […]
Where dividing lines end
There is a gentle push of air coming from off-land and escaping to the open water of South Bay. The chatter of waves smacking at the wooden edge of wharf offers rhythm to the voice of the rain-swollen inlet. Resting in the young summer day, False Duck Island drifts on the distant horizon. The spring […]
Eggs and bakey
Wakey, wakey, kiddies. It’s the crazy season—and I’m not talking about the incessant rain. Our highways and side roads are going to be filled with traffic from now until the day after turkey day. There are many events that take place in the County at this time of the year. We’ve got tomatoes, potatoes, fresh […]
Love it or hate it, tourism pays
I was going to pass on a column this week, while consumed with the production of our Summer issue of County Magazine. But then three things drew my attention. First was Dennis Fox’s letter in The Picton Gazette, questioning the benefits of tourism in Prince Edward County. I am deeply involved in the cause and […]
American Standard Time
Fresh off the decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, a feeling-his-oats Donald Trump is now training his sights on another international order—one that settles the world’s time clock. “It’s just dumb to give China a 12-hour head start on America ” said a feisty president. “While Americans are sitting […]
Holding court
Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall, are coming to Wellington. In a private and controlled event, the royal couple, their entourage and a handful of Canadian dignitaries, surrounded by security and a media scrum, will descend upon the parking lot of the Wellington United Church, shopping for local crafts and […]
The Politics of Standardized Testing
By Kate McNaughton I packed my grade three kid off to school last Monday with a healthy lunch, a healthy snack and a healthy dose of ambivalence. Her grade wrote the EQAO test for four days just like all grade threes and sixes in Ontario this month. There was sleep lost, a nervous tear shed […]
Never forget
When I was a little girl, I remember hearing stories from the Holocaust. They were gentle, relatively speaking. Not violent or gory. Just the lived experiences of my Jewish relatives as they survived (or didn’t) in a terrifying, confusing time that caused so many to question their understanding of humanity and religion. I was told, […]
Sixth times a charm
For the sixth time in the past eight years, Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto has won the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s Tip O’Neill Award. The award goes to the Canadian player judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution, community and charitable endeavours, and support in fan voting. Scott Crawford, the […]