Editorial
None of these festivals, launches, lunches, concerts, fundraisers, or celebrations makes any money, but they are the reason many of us are here, and many more are on the way.
CountyFirst: it calls itself the Prince Edward County Residents Association. It's anonymous, artificial, and unaccountable.
Even if you are not quite ready to enter an exhibit — a prize yearling calf, a basket of perfect, polished crabapples, or a precious bouquet of carefully tended dahlias — the Fair Book offers something perhaps more important. It’s a guide to how to enjoy the Fair. To appreciate the care that goes into every single competition, by every contestant, in every class and category.
It may just be our best kept secret, unknown even to those who live here.
An MZO, by its very nature, removes municipal jurisdiction. It overrides municipal zoning. If granted, it would establish a Special Economic Zone right on Picton Bay, where the Terminals can do what it likes. Of course, the Terminals has always pretty much done what it likes.
It was not a promise to send the Royal navy should the occasion arise, but it was certainly a flex of the possibility.
It is essential that all new, large-scale construction in the County be built not to rely on fossil fuels.
Nobody wants growth that just creates a mindless suburban swathe. You need intentional growth, and that requires a shared vision. People working together create a place they want to live in.
Canada is used to being considered small, a marginal player on the world stage — part of the G7, yes, but not one of the members with real heft. And yet. It is now a leader in a global resistance movement.
Amidst all of this, the non-confidence motion, and the granting of Strong Mayor powers to the beleaguered Mr. Ferguson that followed fast on its heels, the CAO resigned. Suddenly, the popcorn one might have been enjoying tasted stale.
We all know about Pierre Poilievre's antagonism to journalism. What is more hidden is his active spreading of disinformation as part of his election campaign.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Pierre Poilievre shows he’s Trump-loyal by being a Trompe-l’œil.
Real life, actual stuff, the facts on the ground. Hold on to them. They are powerful weapons in a rabid war of empty rhetoric and stupid ideas.
Climate Change, the CBC, and Assisted Dying on readers' minds this week.
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