EDITORIAL: In This Together
A few weeks ago, the Gazette put a good news story on its front page. After almost a decade of fundraising, the call for tenders had gone out, to find…
EDITORIAL: Neighbours Like These
A Timeline Our favourite port is back in the news. This time, local residents have alerted the MECP of large stockpiles of bauxite and gypsum at the Picton Terminals, at…
Editorial: Through the Looking Glass
In 2006, the Oxford English Dictionary recognized the verb “google” to mean “to enter (a search term) into the Google search engine to find information on the internet; to search…
EDITORIAL: In memoriam
In honour of Remembrance Day, I tell the story of a single soldier. It tells of a different kind of war heroism: the difficulty of returning home, and of continuing…
EDITORIAL: The Test of Time
Here at the Gazette we like old stuff. We like old Gazettes, and we like old heritage buildings. We like old cobblestone streets, and historic towns and villages. We are,…
EDITORIAL: Islanders stick together
It was a beautiful day for 18 holes at Summerside Golf and Country Club. I’d managed to slip onto the course with a fast friend named Scott Springer, his buddy,…
EDITORIAL: The Talk of the Town
The Picton Gazette was first published in 1830, more than a century after the beginning of the newspaper era, which was in London, England. By 1830, the Gazette could draw…
EDITORIAL: Define ”Affordable”
Numbers can be deceiving. That was the news at the unveiling of the County Foundation’s annual Vital Signs report last week, which offered a vivid demonstration of the powers of…
Editorial: High Flyers
We got a letter this week informing us that we were now a creditor of Metroland Media Group. Yes, us, the little Picton Gazette, circulation just under 14,000, is now…
EDITORIAL: Water Woes
There is a great deal of concern in our community that the expense of the proposed Wellington Water Treatment Plant will fall directly on the shoulders of the people who…