All Entries in the "BLOGS" Category
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 […]
Word on the Street: It’s a Whole New World?
I’m about to explore a New World. A world post-COVID-19. We’ve all seen our lives change. Suddenly. And for way, way too long. Most of us have learned some new lessons – lessons which can only be learned through crisis: Wars, Great Depression, loss of friends and family. I’ll start with a rather weird story, […]
Now showing: Petersons hand over reins after 30 years at the Mustang Drive In
By Olivia Timm Kids on the playground, the sounds of car horns blaring for movies to begin, a near birth, and a wedding are just a few fond memories of the historic Picton Mustang Drive In. Thirty years of memories – of challenges and triumphs – are now at the forefront of Paul Peterson’s mind […]
Word on the Street: The New Abnormal
I have to say, County people have responded well to the coronavirus pandemic. Keeping a six-foot distance is clearly marked on the floor of the LCBO, which, thank God, is one of the few places open. And, if you’re going to have a pandemic, and isolate yourself from the world, you need only two things: […]
Word on the Street: Province of the County Forever
I thought I was done with column writing for a bit, since I have several other projects to deal with, but I’m going to give it one last kick at the can before I leave for a while. Following my column on leaving Ontario and setting up our own Province of Prince Edward County, Lynn […]
Caution is good; panic is not the Canadian way
Okay, I know the corona virus is throwing the whole world into a tailspin, but something very strange – something very un-Canadian – seems to be happening. I know it’s serious, because every time a fast-spreading virus occurs, it eventually acquires a scientific name. This time it’s COVID-19, which makes me wonder how the previous […]
Staff-student hockey game one of final ice uses in County due to COVID-19 concerns
Photos and story by Thomas Goyer In one of the final uses of the ice surface at Picton arena due to COVID-19 precautions, high school students made history leaving the annual staff-student hockey game victorious after a 7 to 6 win in a shootout. Students and fans from the community saw a goal-filled fun game […]
Who should worry most about COVID-19?
I am an actuary with more than 50 years experience in the life insurance industry, including researching mortality rates in Canada. I have done some analysis of death rates from COVID-19 and make some suggestions below. [Summary] Seniors and people with some chronic medical conditions are at high risk from COVID-19, and should stay away […]
