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Funding application for County Road 49 sent to province
Decisions for work to fix County Road 49 could be on the budget table for next year – conditional on the successful application for $20 million in provincial funding. Council Tuesday night directed the mayor and the County Road 49 Working Group to continue to advocate for federal government funding – and support from everywhere […]
Strategy forming for improved access to doctors
Strategy for improved access to doctors for residents of Prince Edward and Hastings counties was explained to council Tuesday night by Barinder Gill, representing the Hastings Prince Edward Ontario Health Team (HPE OHT). Gill is also Executive Director of the Prince Edward Family Health Team. About 30 per cent of all lower acuity emergency department […]
Call to go out for new integrity commissioner
Council has agreed to seek a new integrity commissioner for the County. A London area lawyer Robert Swayze has served the role to uphold council’s code of conduct here since 2016, and for several other municipalities throughout the province. Councillor Chris Braney brought the motion forward suggesting “it is time for a change”. In September, […]
905-unit Sandy Hook sub-division denied at council
UPDATE OCT. 22: Amendments which would allow the project to move forward were presented at Tuesday night’s council meeting and lost in a 7-7 tie vote. The original motion from the planning meeting to deny the application was presented again, and lost in an 8-6 vote. It lost at planning in a tie 6-6 with […]
MPP Allsopp assumes seat at Queen’s Park, gains Parliamentary Assistant role
As the Ontario legislative resumed business today, Tyler Allsopp was formally affirmed as the Bay of Quinte Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) and later in the day, was also affirmed as the Parliamentary Assistant to Minister of Long-Term Care Natalia Kusendova-Bashta. To mark the occasion, Allsopp released a statement. “It was an incredible experience to […]
A ‘gourd’ time as Pumpkinfest weighs-in with family fun
Story and photos by Sharon Harrison It was a gourd day in Wellington Saturday, and a very packed one, with brilliant fall foliage indicating the time of year for the annual Prince Edward County Pumpkinfest, followed by the equally world-famous Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off. The morning started off under a misty and overcast sky that soon […]
Shorelands re-designation review launches with public meeting
Story and photos by Sharon Harrison When the current official plan came into effect in 2021, a decision was made at the time to review the shorelands designation of the plan to notably determine two things. At a public information meeting this week, around 80 local residents came out to the Wellington and District Community […]
Meyer brings home silver medals from hurricane-ravaged barefoot worlds
The County’s Becky Meyer made it home safely with her family following a hurricane ravaged World Barefoot Water Ski Championship in Florida last week. The competition at Championship Lake in Auburndale, Florida – 105 miles inland from where hurricane Milton first hit the coast at Siesta Key as a dangerous category 3 storm – was […]
Hospital grateful for council support to fulfil $4.5 million pledge
Council members past and present were thanked for their decisions to back the build of a new hospital for Prince Edward County. With construction now underway, council this week heard an update on the $153.8 million project from Shannon Coull, executive director for the hospital foundation, and Nancy Parks, Back the Build campaign co-chair. The […]
Picton Terminals settlement bylaw adopted by council; farmers pleased with new grain shipping partnership
By Sharon Harrison The decision to accept the Picton Terminals settlement agreement finally came at Tuesday evening’s council meeting, with council voting in favour of adopting the minutes of settlement bylaw. In a recorded 7-6 vote, mayor Steve Ferguson and councillors John Hirsch, Phil St-Jean, Kate MacNaughton, Sam Branderhorst and Phil Prinzen were opposed (Bill […]
