Prince Edward County’s Newspaper of Record
February 16, 2025
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News
February 12, 2025

Awards of Excellence

Base31 takes home Business of the Year out of a crowded field of nine nominees

News
February 12, 2025

Two former residents say isolation and inadequate support make the remote Big Island house very hard to leave

News
February 12, 2025

Ontario's community colleges need sustainable, predictable funding

Culture
February 5, 2025

The Gazette's Books on Film series is back — in black and white

News
February 6, 2025

Textile artists — be they weavers, knitters, quilters, or rug-hookers —from across the County will transform Macaulay House in the first ever “Textile Takeover” of the historic mansion.

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Editorials
February 12, 2025

The Ford government’s shocking dismantling of public education, healthcare, affordable housing and environmental protections over the past seven years, policies we are seeing writ large south of the border, allies Premier Ford with President Trump.

Letters
February 12, 2025

Strategic voting, identifying Canadian, and some Kudos

Art
February 11, 2025

Collaborative youth art show supports theROC

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Special Collection — Picton Terminals

Keeping an eye on activities on Picton Bay

Reporting, editorials and letters

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News
January 22, 2025

Expansion Lands

MZO would more than double Picton Terminals

News
January 29, 2025

Rock quarrying not necessarily compatible with the historic White Chapel

News
January 22, 2025

A private suit has convinced a Justice of the Peace there is enough evidence to proceed with charges for illegal excavations

Editorial
November 27, 2024

Despite its promising title, the open-book exam is the absolute worst kind (except, perhaps, for the “take-home.”) Your answers are better the fuller and longer they are. If you skip a question, or a consultation, beware.

Special Collection — Base31 Collection

Base31

Keeping an eye on development at Camp Picton

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News
November 13, 2024

Village A

The first of the proposed “constellation” of villages is on the horizon

Editorial
December 4, 2024

That a crew of placemakers, designers, and developers are intent on reviving the old Camp Picton, turning it into the centrepiece of a series of villages offering multiple new ways of living here, is an unprecedented turn of events.

Editorial
October 9, 2024

Until CAFF gets traction and support, as the forum that bridges the Toronto International Film Festival and the International Festival of Authors — in a setting of outstanding natural beauty, resplendent with award-winning wineries, restaurants, and boutique hotels — it’s going to take a village. This village.

Music
August 27, 2024

Base31's Rock the County Music Festival did exactly what it set out to do.

Features
August 21, 2024

Base31’s first village is close to becoming a reality

Food Banks Under Stress

But Wild Lot Farm Distillery serves up soup for the Picton United Church Food Bank

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Special Collection — Development Underway

Keeping an eye on new builds

Development Projects Around the County

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News
August 21, 2024

Infrastructure Issues

About 400 concerned residents attend standing-room-only town meeting in Wellington

News
January 22, 2025

Council will seek a legal opinion on 2008 Minutes of Settlement with the WCIA

News
January 15, 2025

Council’s Planning Committee introduces a two-step process — while opportunities for public consultation diminish.

Editorial
December 4, 2024

That a crew of placemakers, designers, and developers are intent on reviving the old Camp Picton, turning it into the centrepiece of a series of villages offering multiple new ways of living here, is an unprecedented turn of events.

News
February 5, 2025

Back to the Ballots

Snap election call brings out candidates for Bay of Quinte seat

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Obituaries

Gone, but not forgotten

August 21, 1941 - February 1, 2025
April 30, 1964 - January 30, 2025
December 10, 1937 - January 26, 2025
February 2, 1934 - February 4, 2025

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