Editorial

Editorial
August 27, 2025

Chaos in Picton Harbour

A key part of the County’s Statement of Claim against the Thompsons is its assertion that a clearly marked security camera outside the Marina launch office produced “a surreptitious recording” of County staff on a site visit they conducted on March 20th, ten days before the couple had been ordered to vacate the premises. 

Editorial
August 21, 2025

2025 marks the second year in the last decade when a drought resistant crop like wine grapes has been decimated by dry conditions. This year’s drought has prompted the Prince Edward County Winegrowers Association board to explore forming a climate change subcommittee to how best to lobby the province for irrigation infrastructure support.

Editorial
September 3, 2025

Rick Sprague talks tomatoes, and canning in Prince Edward County

Editorial
August 27, 2025

Sandbanks Provincial Park and Highway 62 and 1 key topics this summer. As well as granola, again.

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Editorial
August 13, 2025

Keep an eye out for the sheer number of times, and the sheer number of ways, you are told AI is something you ought to be using. 

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Editorial
August 6, 2025

Readers Write about the new boardwalk in Picton Bay, the distress of Children's Aid, and Idling your Engine

Editorial
August 6, 2025

Not every drowning victim will be saved on beaches with lifeguards. But in every case lifeguards will start search-and-save efforts sooner. While a frantic parent is trying to tell a 911 dispatcher where they are, a team lead will have already relayed that information — first responders are already on the scene.

Editorial
July 30, 2025

All the words around AI, the idea that it can be “trained,” that it “reads,” that it “writes,” that it has “intelligence” — all of them are deceptive.

Editorial
July 30, 2025

Readers write on AI Hallucinations, CountyFirst, and Parking Tickets

Editorial
July 23, 2025

Picton’s Water Treatment Plant was built at Chimney Point in 1928 and is scheduled to reach end-of-life in 2031. The plant is so archaic the County is at the point of machining replacement parts as most are no longer available.

Letters
July 23, 2025

CountyFirst, Defense Spending, and GranolaGate

Editorial
July 16, 2025

CountyFirst: it calls itself the Prince Edward County Residents Association. It's anonymous, artificial, and unaccountable.

Editorial
July 9, 2025

Even if you are not quite ready to enter an exhibit — a prize yearling calf, a basket of perfect, polished crabapples, or a precious bouquet of carefully tended dahlias — the Fair Book offers something perhaps more important. It’s a guide to how to enjoy the Fair. To appreciate the care that goes into every single competition, by every contestant, in every class and category.

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