Stories from our past-August 6, 2020
Each week, the Gazette looks back on stories from the past. Here is what happened this week, by year… 1910: The members of the Ancient Order of Workmen will attend…
August 6, 2020
EDITORIAL: Parents feeling a new level of anxiety ahead of September
Realistically speaking, it would have been completely unreasonable to expect any back-to-school plan put forward by the Ontario government was going to be universally applauded. Ontarians are so divided on…
LETTER: Truth and Reconciliation must guide statue decision
I am writing to add my voice to those who feel that Picton’s statue of Sir John A. Macdonald is inappropriate and needlessly hurtful in its present context. Macdonald’s key…
LETTER: Increased freedoms bring about selfishness in PEC
The scenes witnessed here in Prince Edward County these past few weeks provide further evidence of a preexisting condition far worse than the COVID-19 pandemic – selfishness. I remember back…
LETTER: Reader questions Holding Court’s actual value
Supporters of the statue of Macdonald Holding Court have made repeated claims for its historical authenticity, its value as a teaching aid, and its potential to support the reconciliation between…
LETTER: Tourism does nothing to benefit most ratepayers
The closure of the Little Bluff parking area was just another slap in the face for residents. Our mayor recently posted he and council are doing everything possible, but to…