All Entries in the "BLOGS" Category
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 […]
Word on the Street: Steve goes insane… again
If you’ve read the last three columns, you can probably sense a theme. Being a municipality relegated to being a tiny baby-drooling, diaper-filling, hand-me-down, constantly-crying, pleading and begging pathetic creature … sucks. The real power is in the parental house: the Feds and the Province. Most of us, not including me, eventually grow up. They […]
8 Wing Trenton thanks community for support during COVID-19 quarantine at base
Letter of thanks to the community, from Col Ryan Deming, Commander 8 Wing/CFB Trenton, for the support received during the recent operation to repatriate and quarantine Canadians impacted by COVID-19 in China and Japan. From 31 January to 28 February 2020, 8 Wing/CFB Trenton was involved in an unprecedented operation to return Canadians home […]
Word on the Street: Ready to consult
In an earlier column, I gave County Council a passing grade on decision-making, bound as they are by the Municipal Act. The Act, should you decide to read it and then kill yourself, is a wide selection of arbitrary rules, conjured up by a pile of lawyers and politicians armed with paranoia, worst-condition thinking and […]
