DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER On Wednesday nthe Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board (HPEDSB) called upon Premier Doug Ford to immediately make priority to get front line education…
With vaccination delays and shortages starting to become a regular occurrence due to the provincial government’s reallocation to hot spot areas, commencing Monday, April 26, Hastings and Prince Edward Public…
DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER Starting a new job in a key healthcare leadership role in the middle of Canada’s worst pandemic in a century has a new set of stresses attached…
Each week, the Gazette looks back on stories from the past. Here is what happened this week, by year… 1911 The annual meeting of the Board of Trade was held…
It’s here! This weekend is the online County Reads and Authors Festival. If you haven’t yet registered to join us, head to the website: peclibrary.org/countyreads. If you have any technology…
This week Volunteer Canada and The Prince Edward County Community Care for Seniors Association celebrate Canada’s millions of volunteers during the annual National Volunteer Week (NVW). Volunteer Canada states that…
A Kingston man has a court date in Picton next month after trying to pass off as someone else to Prince Edward OPP. On Thursday, April 22, 2021 shortly after…
There’s been a lot of discussion recently around amending the parking by-law and increasing the no parking zone at Lake on the Mountain (LOTM). I decided to do some research…
The recent article on a new commercial cannabis facility (PEC Growers produce first batch of recreational cannabis, The Picton Gazette, April 8, 2021) highlighted the potential positive impact on the local…
In July, 1959 I was a young geologist, new to Canada and drawn to Yellowknife by the lure of gold. A Royal visit was announced; the Queen was indisposed and…
