Editorial

Editorial
May 27, 2026

Saving Democracy

We don't live in the democracy we think we do, warns Andrew Coyne

Editorial
May 20, 2026

Four years of complaints have done nothing to move the Councillor to acknowledge the clear conflict of his overlapping roles, at once newspaper publisher and elected representative.

Editorial
May 6, 2026

May 1 opened the nominations period for County Council. We wonder who will be brave enough to step up and offer their services in the age of social media.

Editorial
April 29, 2026

According to this week's Globe and Mail, Prince Edward County is experiencing “a new golden age” of creativity. It's true.

Editorial
April 22, 2026

You, too, might be realizing you are on edge, subliminally worried that an invasion — of Canada, of the County, whatever — could happen at any time, anywhere, and take any form. Drones. Disinformation. Dystopia.

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Editorial
April 15, 2026

The MNR granted Picton Terminals repeated exemptions from the requirement for a quarry licence under the Aggregate Resources Act based on information the owners supplied about their activities.

Editorial
April 8, 2026

Compared to the shimmer and glimmer of the internet, print seemed cumbersome, slow, and expensive by the beginning of the second millennium. And yet, against all the odds, it’s back in vogue. 

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Editorial
April 1, 2026

The Gazette seeks any recollections, even the foggiest, from those who may have been at either of Sinatra’s Regent appearances.

Editorial
March 25, 2026

If history does not repeat itself, it certainly rhymes. Talk of Canada’s “greatest enterprise” echoes loudly today as we struggle to find a role and a contribution in a world going off kilter.

Editorial
March 18, 2026

The first jury trial of social media companies brought scores of highly classified internal documents to light. They change everything.

Editorial
March 11, 2026

Trove of damning documents revealed in the social media addiction trial ongoing in Los Angeles make a clear case

Editorial
March 4, 2026

In honour of International Women’s Day on March 8th, we explore The Woman’s Page, a special feature of the wartime paper 

Editorial
February 25, 2026

Visit the County's marketing plans take the local out of Countylicious

Editorial
February 18, 2026

Rather than a shortage of students, the County is facing the opposite scenario: a shortage of schools.

Editorial
February 11, 2026

The Heritage Master Plan offers a competent assessment of current legislation, processes, and the histories that define the County. But what we need are practical tools to inspire the efforts of Council, business, arts, and community leaders to both maintain and champion the County’s authenticity.

Editorial
February 4, 2026

The debate is not, “we are not growing therefore we don’t need new infrastructure.” The opposite is the case. We are not growing because we don’t have the infrastructure.

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