Reporting, editorials and letters
Representatives for Picton residents, ABNA Investments, and the Crown met at Ontario Superior Court March 7 for an initial hearing in Picton Terminals court case
How does Picton Terminals' rock quarrying relate to the question of a variance for P & H? Perhaps just in the fact that none of the destruction was allowed to enter the consideration of the question at hand. It was, as they say, the elephant in the room.
Readers on Picton Terminals, building of grain silos on the port, and strategic voting dreams
A private suit has convinced a Justice of the Peace there is enough evidence to proceed with charges for illegal excavations
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.
The MZO for Picton Terminals, and Councillors who oppose but are not willing to debate.
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.
Picton Terminals, Wellington Wastewater Infrastructure, and the Queen Elizabeth School on the agenda
Parrish & Heimbecker confirms plan to built a grain shipping terminal on Picton Bay
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.
Letter states, “there can be no valid or binding agreement between Council and Picton Terminals.”
Promise of new bulk grain shipping facility at the port brings back memories of days gone by
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.
Victor Lind considers Council's offer to settle with Picton Terminals
Council's latest about-face defies belief. It already tried to reach a settlement. Just last year. There was, shall we say, a sticking point.
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