Committee supports cancellation of White Pines Wind Project
The recent developments with the White Pines Wind Project continue to make waves. Committee of the whole supported a motion Thursday asking that council be kept informed of the results…
July 12, 2018
Not-for-profit corporation could provide vehicle for affordable housing development
CHAD IBBOTSON STAFF WRITER Councillors heard the case for creating a County affordable housing not-for-profit corporation during Thursday’s committee-of-the-whole meeting. On behalf of the County’s Affordable Housing Task Team, director…
Councillors express support for proposed Farming Assistance Grant Program
CHAD IBBOTSON STAFF WRITER The establishment of a Farming Assistance Grant Program progressed Thursday. Committee of the whole supported a motion that would see the grant program to support new…
School board affected by scrapping of Greenhouse Gas Fund
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER Like every other school board in the province, The Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board is taking stock in contracted and completed environmental upgrades after…
Letter: School board paving paradise for parking lot
Is Donald Trump or some other climate-change denier now in charge at the school board? How else to explain the massacre—and that is not an overstatement—of every tree in front…
Info For Seniors: Program helps seniors care for lawns, gardens
As people age, getting out in the garden and on the lawn can become more and more of a chore. Add to that the heat and humidity that we’ve been…
Inside The Library: Frum expounds on Trumpocracy next Thursday
If you believe in the adage “when the United States gets a cold Canada sneezes” or if you follow the daily news on the Trump administration in the U.S. you…
Stories From Our Past — Week of July 12, 2018
Each week, the Gazette looks back on stories from the past. Here is what happened this week, by year… 1938 – John Mitchell, 78, of Waupoos suffered a stroke while…
Government makes decision its predecessor should have made years ago
Questions may linger about the potential cost of the Ontario government’s decision to make legislation to cancel the White Pines Wind Project one of its first priorities, but one can surmise…