Be alert to what’s happening on the roadside
What’s on the roadside? In a recent press release the OPP said that it’s important for drivers to pay attention to what’s happening on the roadside. Doing so is just…
Week-33-2023
Public Health offering shelved as nurses threaten service withdrawl
JASON PARKS EDITOR A number of services offered by Hastings Prince Edward Public Health are being shuttered as the sabre rattling between the regional health body and the local branch…
Meta is blocking Canadian news
We were warned. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is now actively blocking Canadian news on its social media platforms. The CBC, Global News, The Toronto Star….
Phillips dives deep into shipwreck tourism and heritage
JOANNE FRALICK SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE Corey Phillips’ passion for finding and documenting shipwrecks in the Great Lakes kept his audience enthralled during a Mariners Park Museum presentation last weekend….
Spencer a key part of Rugby Ontario’s 2023 national championship run
JASON PARKS EDITOR A standout rugby player who plied her trade for the PECI Panthers and the Belleville Jr. Bulldogs programs this season was key cog in Team Ontario’s national…
Local goaltender Lane part of recent Wellington Dukes signings
JASON PARKS EDITOR The Wellington Dukes are hoping a little home cooking will serve as a goaltending solution in the 2023-24 Ontario Junior Hockey League season. Among the flurry of…
LETTER: County’s secondary plan serves as obligation to provide capacity to developers
To the Editor, As the previous Councillor for Wellington, I was heavily involved in the business case for water infrastructure renewal, and the eventual solution. Staff, consultants and lawyers have…
Their names liveth forevermore, by Phillip Dodds, 18 August, 1943.
Their names liveth forevermore, by Phillip Dodds. Published in the Picton Gazette, 18 August, 1943. In this County of Prince Edward we are as one great family. Though perhaps not…
LETTER: Big Oil is the arsonist behind Canada’s wildfires
To the Editor, How many more “once in a lifetime” extreme weather events do we have to live through before our political leaders get serious about the climate emergency? Canada…
LETTER: Wellington contingent calls on Council to “Press Pause”
To the Editor, There were some factual errors in last week’s reporting on the County’s enormously expensive expansion plans for our water treatment system (The theme is growth at Picton…