Public Health leaders call for patience, perseverance during second lockdown
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER With COVID-19 vaccination doses to be administered in the coming days in the Quinte area, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is…
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Bylaw on the lookout for operating STAs during provincial lockdown
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER Municipal Bylaw officers will be enforcing restrictions regarding operating Short Term Accommodations during the province-wide COVID-19 lockdown. According to a press…
Province announces gas tax funding
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER The County of Prince Edward will be netting $89,624 in an annual Gas Tax transfer from the government of Ontario. Ontario’s Gas…
LETTER:Prince Edward Family Health Team operational update
Dear residents served by Prince Edward Family Health Team As winter is upon us, we are yet again adapting to ongoing changes with the COVID-19…
LETTER: Study shows H1N1 stronger trigger for narcolepsy
In “Reader appalled by factual ignorance” (Picton Gazette Thursday December 12, 2020), Karen Selick makes a number of statements which, ironically, are either wrong or…
LETTER: Willingness to be vaccinated increasing locally
On Nov 22, I polled the members of the Facebook group Prince Edward County Unmanageables regarding their interest in getting vaccinated for Covid-19. I repeated…
LETTER: COVID could be tamed with 75 per cent vaccination rate
Dear Editor When I see a letter such as the one you received from Karen Selick (Reader appalled by factual ignorance, The Picton Gazette, Dec….
LETTER: Narcolepsy rate much lower than flu mortality rate
Dear Editor I note with some dismay in the Gazette of Dec 17, Karen Selick’s spirited defence MP Sloan’s wish to limit the Covid vaccine…
LETTER: Jesus taught love enemies, do unto others
I am disturbed by the tone of the letter to the editor of the Gazette from Steve Staniek, published on January 7, 2021 (New statue…
Library incubates local learning in 2021
If you’re interested in learning something new this New Year, the library can help. We’re planning a series of tech workshops, a talk on genealogy…