Prince Edward County’s Newspaper of Record
October 30, 2024
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Editorial

Editorial
October 23, 2024

WASH YOUR HANDS

Council’s settlement hands oversight of the Terminals and the escarpment it has agreed not to alter without “approvals” to the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of the Environment, and Quinte Conservation. Yet these ministries either have inadequate powers or limited jurisdiction. Each thinks the other should be the one in charge. An effective system — if washing your hands and passing the buck at the same time is the game you want to be playing.

Editorial
October 16, 2024

A chef is a hoarder; finding ways to store up the harvest requires invention, time, and space.

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.

Editorial
October 2, 2024

For anyone who believes in democracy, it isn’t about who you vote for, it’s about casting your vote.

Editorials
September 25, 2024

It was a fine day for the 100th anniversary of Fosterholm Farms. It could not have been finer if Mr. Clifford himself had ordered up the weather.

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Editorial
September 18, 2024

Certainly, anyone who cares about sustaining local farmers, or the County’s primarily agricultural economy, or just about plain farmland, never mind the history of this place and its revered farming families, would have felt pulled in at least a couple of directions at the news that P & H was partnering with Picton Terminals to build a grain shipping port on Picton Bay.

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Editorial
August 28, 2024

It seems obvious. Of course we should shop local. But is it really that simple? Is paying an extra few quarters for an ear of corn really going to float the local economy?

Editorial
July 31, 2024

There is only one way to say it. Forcing an international container shipping port and industrial zone on a small, scenic harbour at the centre of a County trying mightily to establish itself as a world-class destination of outstanding natural and cultural beauty is just plain wrong. 

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