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$2M contract for new nursing home design comes to council
JUNE 22 UPDATE: Approved. JUNE 21: Council will review a $2,127,570 contract recommended for the design of the new long-term care home to replace the existing H.J. McFarland Memorial Home. The current 84-bed home is to become a 160-bed long-term care facility – targeted for late 2024 or early 2025. Project Manager Tom Kovendi recommends […]
Council approves new STA definitions; public mapping to July meeting
JUNE 22 UPDATE: Council has approved the bylaw change to define types of short-term accommodations immediately. It also approved lifting the STA licencing pause only for bed and breakfast and owner-occupied STAs; and extend the whole-home licenses pause (time undetermined as yet). The issues surrounding mapping were not discussed, as four meetings have not passed […]
Todd Smith named Ontario’s Minister of Energy
Bay of Quinte MPP Todd Smith was sworn in as Ontario’s Minister of Energy today as Premier Doug Ford announced a cabinet shuffle. The new role brings familiarity for Smith, who served as an Official Opposition critic on the energy file from 2015-2018. “I know many of the players on the energy file already and […]
Officers met with gun fire executing Canada-wide warrant arrest in PEC
UPDATE: The OPP Criminal Investigation Branch under the direction of a major case manager, are now investigating the attempted murder of OPP officers. The focus of the investigation remains on the Massassauga Road residence where police activity will continue in the coming days. — Prince Edward OPP were met with gun fire while executing an […]
Elevated E.coli at Outlet, Lakeshore and Wellington beaches
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (HPEPH) has declared Wellington Beach unsafe for swimming. The alerts at Ontario Parks page also advises elevated counts of E.coli have been recorded on the Outlet Beach and Lakeshore Beach. Park staff will continue to monitor beach water quality and will remove the advisory when E.coli counts drop. As result […]
County supports scaled-back Canada Day
The municipality is considering options for Canada Day following a community group’s decision not to proceed with events this year. The Canada Day Committee, a volunteer group that has been supported by the Picton and Wellington recreation committees and the Business Improvement Associations (BIAs), announced last week it will not host events out of respect […]
OPP face challenges investigating cannabis growing operations
Ontario Provincial Police are getting lots of complaints, but sometimes their hands are tied when it comes investigating cannabis growing operations. OPP Detective Sergeant Don MacAlister spoke to council at its Committee of the Whole meeting Thursday. MacAlister is in charge of the community street crime unit for Lennox and Addington, Frontenac and Prince Edward […]
Watersport park needs temporary use bylaw while applying for permanent changes
A decision on the Edgewater Park Campground’s application for a temporary use bylaw to continue operating its watersport park, kids camp and food stand – while applying for permanent changes – is to be made at a June 30 planning meeting. At Thursday’s Committee of the Whole meeting, council heard from residents of Sheba’s Island […]
Request for three month extension of freeze on development in Wellington
UPDATE JUNE 22: Council agreed to defer the motion to staff to assess policy changes and verify the need to extend the interim control bylaw. Council wishes to hear the report before Aug. 17 as the last day to allow an extension would be Sept. 22. JUNE 10: Council is being asked to extend the […]
Natural gas coming to Cherry Valley area
Bay of Quinte MP Todd Smith announced today that approximately 152 homes and businesses in the Cherry Valley area will be able to connect to natural gas for the first time thanks to phase two of the province’s Natural Gas Expansion Program. “Our government is making good on its promise to deliver affordable energy and […]
