Archive for March, 2012
Demorestville W.I. and Fran’s Golden Girls support Digital Mammography and Ultrasound campaign
The Demorestville Women’s Institute presented $1,000 to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation March 21, 2012. Their gift will be directed toward the digital mammography and ultrasound campaign currently under way at PECMH. This type of community support is vital as the government does not provide funds to purchase medical equipment. It has always […]
Put Paul in the Hall
Almost everyone in Canada over 45 remembers the Canada/Russia Summit Hockey Series in September 1972. The best professional talent from Canada against the powerful Soviet Union team – an eight game series between the world’s hockey super powers. It was more than a hockey series, it was capitalism against communism, democracy versus brutal dictatorship. Losing […]
County fee and charges changes include bag tag hike to $3
Fee changes will shift costs for some Prince Edward County services from property taxes to user fees. Examples of full cost recovery are the building permit process and other land development fees, GIS mapping services for the public, issuing of marriage licenses and the services provided to external agencies. Partial cost recovery, or services that […]
Heed senate call for no turbines in IBAs: MPs
Senator Bob Runciman and Prince Edward-Hastings MPP Todd Smith urged the McGuinty government Tuesday to put the brakes on plans for industrial wind turbine developments in Important Bird Areas. The event follows the unanimous approval by the Senate of Canada of a motion put forward by Runciman late last year calling for a halt to […]
Picton silver track star heads to silver screen performance in India
Fresh from a silver medal performance at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport national track and field championships, Picton’s David Mayer will compete in India – not for a medal, but as an actor on the Silver Screen. A movie about legendary athlete Milka Singh, who became known as ‘The Flying Sikh’, will include the filming of […]
Has EBR approved the Ostrander Industrial Wind Turbine development?
Apparently, the EBR may have already made its decision to give approval to the Ostrander/Gilead project. I say this because I have been informed that much of the major components of the 9 turbines are now sitting in a storage facility just on the outskirts of Schenectady , New York. That’s right folks, the Industrial […]
E. coli warning on 135 burger products
Celebrate summer-like temperatures on the first day of spring with a barbecue – but beware more than 135 burger and beef steakette products sold under a variety of brand names now under an E. coli warning. The affected brand names include: Best Value, Irresistibles, Keg, Licks, Maple Lodge Farms, PC and PC Blue Menu, Calgary […]
Rain barrel sales to help fund PECI student environmental bursary
County Sustainability Group (CSG ) and Pitch-In Prince Edward County (formerly known as Trash Bash) will host a truckload sale of rain barrels in support of CSG’s annual bursary presented every June to a PECI student furthering studies in the environmental field. Orders are now being taken for the Saturday, April 21st pickup at the […]
Alliance challenges wpd to hold ‘genuine’ public meeting on wind project
The Alliance to Protect Prince Edward County (APPEC) has challenged wpd Canada Corp. to hold a genuine public meeting on its White Pines Wind Project. On March 11, APPEC sent a letter to WPD proposing a change in the format of the March 22nd open house in Picton. It wants a meeting where experts speak […]
Wallace Earle, William Bedell – Gone But Not Forgotten
Gone But Not Forgotten By Margaret Haylock Capon In the Victorian era, burial grounds such as Picton’s Glenwood Cemetery, consecrated in 1873, were known as Cities of the Dead. Street names were assigned to roadways, to further perpetuate this community concept and prestigious “neighbourhoods” for interment of the socially prominent were mapped out. In death, […]
