Author Archive for Sue Capon
Petition calls for meeting to help County hospital leave QHC
Prince Edward County has taken a first step to remove its hospital from the Quinte Healthcare Corporation. Almost 200 citizens boarded four buses to rally for their hospital at Queen’s Park Wednesday. The core committee of the Patrons of our County Hospital (POOCH), reported a short, but good meeting with Health Minister Deb Matthews […]
Cardiac rehab centre now open at Picton Clinic
Prince Edward County’s physicians hope you never have to use the state-of-the-art exercise equipment now set up in the new Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre at the Picton Clinic. But it’s good news for cardiac patients who no longer have to drive to Kingston to participate in the 12-week program. The Prince Edward Family Health Team (PEFHT) […]
A tearful goodbye at Picton Manor – Home with a Heart
Emotions ran high Friday morning at Picton’s Home with a Heart as staff gathered for their final shift and said tearful goodbyes to the nursing home’s final three residents. Known as the “Home with a Heart”, Picton Manor has been part of the community for more than a century. In the early 1900s the older […]
Constable injured in RCMP Musical Ride
More than 1,200 Prince Edward County elementary students clapped and cheered as they watched the world-famous Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride performance Tuesday morning at the Picton Fairgrounds. Following the event’s highlight charge, where riders and their mounts launch into a gallop, spectators witnessed a horse performing without its rider. A constable had been […]
Langridge sisters growing another season of award winning giants
The Langridge family dooryard on Sandy Hook Road has transformed into a giant pumpkin patch but the actual giants are still in the field – growing bigger and bigger with each passing day. Sisters Sarah and Shannon are launching another season of seeing how their efforts will fare in this year’s giant vegetable growing […]
Picton played centre stage to almost lost story of sweethearts of power boating history
Prince Edward County will be featured on the big screen when a nearly-lost story of Canada’s 20th century power boat racing sweethearts premieres Wednesday in Gravenhurst. “It is another little-known chapter of Canadian boat racing history that happened in Prince Edward County,” said Picton’s John Lyons, whose family has a long association with power boat […]
Grand surprise community parade cheers on cancer fighter
Brenda Tripp McQuaid could barely believe her eyes when she saw the parade of about 175 people carrying balloons and banners being escorted into the Picton Fairgrounds by the Prince Edward County OPP. Friends, family members and strangers to the 34-year-old cancer fighter had staged a grand surprise to cheer her on in her battle […]
The sky’s the limit for glider pilots – until they become astronauts
Brittany Childs was nervous, but excited, about commanding her fourth flight in a glider plane, but she was comforted to know her glider instructor was sitting right behind her. “It is like flying like a bird,” she said. “It’s an amazing feeling and you know it’s completely safe because you have amazing instructors teaching you. […]
Educator of the Year gets top marks from students and community
The only person who was surprised to hear Rob Garden won the Educator of the Year Award was Rob Garden, who is known by his business and math students at Prince Edward Collegiate Institute as “the best teacher ever”. Garden, 30, is the youngest recipient ever of the prestigious 45-year-old Sir Mackenzie Bowell Award. The […]
Officers ‘Pedal for Hope’ that childhood cancer can be cured
Cheers and applause rang out this morning at Prince Edward Collegiate Institute as the school, and students from Queen Elizabeth Public School, welcomed area police officers cycling in to launch the area’s first Pedal for Hope Cycling Tour. The officers will visit 10 area schools over five days to speak with students and support local […]
