Archive for February, 2021
Enhanced requirements effective immediately aim to prevent spread of COVID-19 and variants
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health has announced new requirements from the Ministry of Health to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus – and especially the new variants being identified in recent weeks across the province. Dr. Piotr Oglaza, Medical Officer of Health and CEO at HPEPH, said concerns about variants being more contagious […]
Skyway Bridge construction to resume March 1
Construction on the Skyway Bridge on Highway 49 is expected to begin again March 1. Single land traffic closures are to be expected day-to-day. Work on the south span of the bridge is planned for 2021 with rehabilitation of the piers underneath the bridge and structural steel repairs. Construction began in the centre of the […]
Ice safety reminder following recovery of partially submerged vehicle
Prince Edward County Fire and Rescue and Prince Edward OPP responded to a report of a vehicle partially through the ice in the area of Smokes Point Road in Ameliasburgh, Saturday. Following confirmation no one was in the vehicle, it was removed by a tow truck. OPP and emergency service warn residents that many ice […]
Province to demolish historic homes, despite offer to save them
By Sue Capon Prince Edward County residents, and members of municipality’s Heritage Advisory Committee are on demolition watch while they scramble for an 11th hour solution to save two cultural historic homes at Sandbanks Provincial Park. It’s not a last-minute effort. Letters, plans and suggestions to the Ontario government have been ongoing for more than […]
COVID compounds challenges with STA licencing program and bylaws
By Sharon Harrison The COVID-19 pandemic has further hampered an already messy process to wrangle the new short-term accommodations program, licencing and bylaws. “It’s challenging in a regular year: those challenges were compounded for us in Prince Edward County in 2020 with the pandemic and a series of stay-at-home orders and the inability to enter […]
Apartment building proposed for Picton’s old Brick Church site
A decade after demolition of the old ‘Brick Church’, plans for the property are being brought to the County’s Heritage Advisory Committee meeting Thursday. Blair Martin, director of Belleterre Community Partners Inc, is to present a proposal for a three-storey, mixed-use apartment building using a steel shipping container building construction method. The company proposes approximately […]
New Talbot development draft plan fails to receive approval
UPDATE FEB. 17: The draft plan for the Talbot Street development failed to receive approval by council Wednesday night in an 8-6 vote following extensive conversation related to balancing the need for attainable/affordable housing with a related need for higher density. An amending motion from Councillor Janice Maynard to allow the possibility of a cash […]
Artist painting her way through pandemic supports County’s hospital
Pamela Carter has been painting her way through the pandemic. The Wellington artist recently gave a second donation to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation – 25 per cent of the proceeds from her winter art sale. Over the month of December, Carter sold several paintings and donated $700 to the foundation to use […]
CFB Trenton helps County OPP safely remove historical military ordnance
Prince Edward County OPP officers responding to a weapons disposal call Tuesday, Feb. 16 at a residence near Wellington retrieved what was reported to be an historical military ordnance. Officers contacted Canadian Forces Base Trenton who dispatched their Explosives Ordnance Disposal unit to remove the item safely. “With the history surrounding Prince Edward County surrounding […]
Hastings Prince Edward continues phase one of COVID-19 vaccine rollout
COVID-19 vaccines are beginning to roll out in the region with Hastings Prince Edward Public Health reporting 1,483 people have received doses. HPE Public Health, in its new weekly vaccine update, notes it will “continue to work with local hospitals, paramedics services and other health care providers to implement phase one and prepare for phase […]
