All Entries in the "Letters and Opinion" Category
Library board chair explains expansion costs
Letter to the Editor Thank you, fellow residents, and visitors to Prince Edward County! You have helped us make progress with our plans for the expansion and renovation of the Picton branch of our PEC library system. You may know your library board went before council on Sept. 12 to ask for approval to start […]
Environmental group opposes Stronach plans for beef operation
Letter to the Editor: On Wednesday Sept. 4, the Stronach group, with support from former Stouffville mayor Justin Altman made a presentation to the County’s agricultural advisory committee concerning plans to raise and slaughter organic, mostly grass-fed beef in Prince Edward County. As we understand the proposal, at the start of the operation they would […]
Building for resilience most reliable way to reduce flood impacts: International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board
To the Editor, We read with interest the article ‘Flooded section of County Road 28 makes it third road closed,’ published on June 14 on Countylive, which touches on the question of whether Plan 2014 contributed to the record floods on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River this year and in 2017. To place […]
County resident scammed warns to beware unsavory contractors
Letter to the Editor As more and more people are purchasing and improving properties in the County, I feel it is important for the public to be aware when there are unsavory contractors out there ripping people off. I recently had an encounter with a local contractor who provided a quote for repair work to […]
Helen (Nelson) Snider recalls delightful school memories including plane at Pinecrest and Lou Leverton’s roses at QE
I was delighted to hear of plans for the Queen Elizabeth School and Pinecrest School Reunion to be held on June 8th, 2019, and congratulate Kathy Reed and her QEMA Committee for this very special initiative. I have many fond memories of my 33 years as an educator with the Prince Edward County Board of […]
Kids and teachers at schools got along – for the most part
Dear Editor, Two schools, Pinecrest Memorial Public School and Queen Elizabeth Public School, closed in the last two years and I have fond memories of both. I started teaching at Pinecrest in 1983. Wow, that was a long time ago. It was like a family. The staff was very close. We didn’t have 40-minute lunch […]
Fond memories of both QE and Pinecrest schools
Letter to the Editor : Although Queen Elizabeth and Pinecrest schools aren’t old buildings, they hold many memories for all who walked through their doors. The Saturday, June 8 alumni reunion at Prince Edward Community Centre will give all of us a chance to remember. When I came to Picton to teach Grade 4 in […]
OPINION: Bay of Quinte residents deserve better health care
Whether I’m in hockey rinks or grocery stores, people around the Bay of Quinte stop and tell me stories of their experiences with Ontario’s public health care system. This year, Quinte Health Care hospitals have already seen several days of gridlock with no staff or beds available. People are laying on stretchers for hours or […]
Use your vote to help the environment
LETTER: Council of Canadians Quinte would like to remind voters that this is your opportunity to have a voice in choosing the municipal representatives who will be making decisions that will affect you for the next four years! Please take the opportunity to question and meet your local candidates face-to-face at all candidates’ meetings. Two […]
New government’s environmental decisions reckless and short-sighted
Open letter to Premier Ford and Ministers Rickford, Smith, and Phillips The terrible environmental decisions being made by your party since being elected by only 23 per cent of all eligible voters in our province, are reckless, dangerous, short-sighted and show no regard for the health and welfare of this and future generations. There are […]
