Author Archive for Sue Capon
Great Canadian Cheese Show another sell-out success in seventh year
Sold-out signs popped up all over the Crystal Palace and Picton Fairgrounds sites by Sunday afternoon as more than 5,000 visitors wedged themselves into the seventh annual Great Canadian Cheese Festival on the weekend. Cheesemaker Armand Bernard, reigning Cheese of the Year Champion for the Avonlea Clothbound Cheddar, said the Cows Creamery company brought twice […]
Prince Edward County first stop for epic C3 Expedition
The Prince Edward County Yacht Club burgee will fly proudly on the Canada C3 Expedition as it continues its epic 23,000 kilometre journey. The ship was anchored in Picton Bay Friday and Saturday for participants to explore the County during the first stop on the 150-day journey. Though the water level is high at Picton’s […]
Fibre Fest brings modern twists to ancient craft of spinning wool
Working with wool is an old craft with many new twists, as discovered at Prince Edward County’s first Fibre Fest. “It’s an old craft,” said mixed media fibre artist Esther Grav. “In Europe they always felted in the northern climates because they didn’t have access to anything else to make things like hats and boots and […]
Sorry, it’s not ‘the Canadians’ this time
It seems people on both sides of Lake Ontario get excited when mysterious lights appear in the sky. It’s most often flares from military training. This time, apparently, it’s not. Sharing photographs of lights that appeared in the County sky Tuesday night, local residents chimed in: “Was weird… no clue what it is. Hope it is […]
PEC State of Emergency update: Water may peak within a week
UPDATE MAY 18 – A Flood Warning remains in effect for shorelines along the Bay of Quinte and Lake Ontario in the Quinte Conservation watersheds. “Based on the best available information from the federal government it appears Lake Ontario and the Bay of Quinte may peak within a week,” said Christine McClure, Water Resources Manager […]
Rural and remote education consultations ‘too little, too late’ for County schools
About 100 people concerned about school closures and drastic changes to the educational landscape made their way to West Lake Friday night for the second of 10 public consultations being held by the Ontario government to help shape the future of education in rural and remote Ontario. The message from participants was clear: The consultation […]
County’s walk for Alzheimers – help for today, hope for tomorrow
About 60 people walked through heavy rain and cold to raise funds and awareness for The Alzheimer Society of Hastings Prince Edward. This is the first year for a combined walk – amalgamating Picton and Wellington walks into one, held at Sandbanks Provincial Park on Saturday. Walkers raised $7,000 for research and local services and […]
Community pitches in to tackle trash littered throughout the County
More than 225 participants pitched in to clean up trash along Prince Edward County roadsides, ditches, green spaces and shorelines on Saturday. Tanya Delaney, the County’s Outdoor Facilities Supervisor, says approximately 250 big bags of garbage were collected along with recycling to fill about seven full-sized big blue bin carts found at the landfills and […]
County author Janet Kellough’s Wishful Seeing on Arthur Ellis Award shortlist
Janet Kellough’s book ‘Wishful Seeing’ has been short-listed for a Crime Writers of Canada’s 2017 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. The award honours excellence in Canadian crime writing. Finalists are announced late April and winners are honoured at the annual awards banquet in late May or early June. “Well, that was an interesting day. […]
Town & Country Video closing is end of an era
The final credits are coming up for Town & Country Video, the County’s last remaining video rental store. After almost 30 years at 130 Main St., in Picton, thousands of movies and video game rentals will be for sale – and when they’re gone, the store will be closed. Owner Gavin Bonham-Carter made the announcement […]
