All Entries in the "BLOGS" Category
The Class of 2020: success in the face of adversity
To the Class of 2020: Congratulations on graduating from Grade 12, a tremendous accomplishment for each of you! Learning requires that we find meaning in all we do—in the successes, the challenges and the struggles—and then grow from them. As a graduating class, you have lived through times that no graduating class in a generation […]
Word on the Street: Change is in the air
When the world stopped turning a couple of months ago, everybody hunkered down. It’s amazing how quickly people read the rules, and responded to curb the spread of COVID-19. At first this was The Great Inconvenience, but we soon learned we were going to be in this for the long haul. Here in the County, […]
Virtual tribute to PECI’s athletes in the year of COVID
Outstanding athletes at Prince Edward College Institute are being honoured virtually this year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rules limiting gatherings, the annual celebration at the Regent Theatre was not an option, moving accolades for individual and team sports online and in local media. “Our 2019-2020 student athletes are an outstanding group,” said Laurie […]
Lawn signs celebrate the Class of 2020!
Lawns will get a pop of congratulatory colour as signs celebrating Grade 12 graduates—the Class of 2020 – are distributed by the Hastings Prince Edward District School Board. As the COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted normal year-end school celebrations, almost 1,200 signs are being distributed this week to all Grade 12 graduates of the board’s seven […]
Word on the Street: Black Lives
Back when Presidents were Presidents, John F. Kennedy said: “If you suppress peaceful revolution, you are guaranteed to have violent revolution.” By the time this appears, the riots in the United States will have lessened in force. This makes no difference in the fight that lies ahead for our southern neighbours. I call them neighbours, […]
With precautions, not much of increased risk from tourists
To the Editor: What is the increased Covid-19 risk due to the return of tourists to the County upon the reopening of short-term accommodations (STAs) and Sandbanks? If County residents take reasonable precautions, it’s my (informed but non-expert) opinion that there will not be many new Covid-19 cases in the County. Note: To date, there […]
Need a mask?PECI Make Poverty History club has community covered
Prince Edward Collegiate’s Make Poverty History Club (MPH) has launched a sale of Panther Pride fabric face masks to help to flatten the local COVID-19 infection curve, protect vulnerable people in the community, and raise money for the local food banks. Members of the public can support the club’s latest #OneTeam fundraiser by purchasing a […]
Long-term care reports are shameful
Letter To the Editor: Cockroaches. Inadequate personal protective equipment. Our parents, our grandparents, our siblings, our friends, forced to sit and live in soiled clothing for hours, Care staff underpaid, overworked and laboring under the most stressful of circumstances. The reports out last week that confirmed suspicions regarding the conditions in long-term care facilities in […]
Word on the Street: Moving on
I have to admit, the Covid ‘vacation’ has made me reexamine the way we do things, as families and as a community and a society. I’m an observer. I watch and listen and learn about how each of us work, as individuals. Sometimes, when the rum is flowing, someone tells a hilarious but embarrassing story […]
Word on the Street: The Great Realization
OK class … there’s a new teacher in the room. I’d like you to listen to what he has to teach us. This is Mr. Covid, and he is about to teach us all about our past and our future. Before we continue, I would like you all to watch a brief video called The […]
