DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER Ontario school boards including the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board (HPEDSB) have received notice that unionized support staff working under the Canadian Union…
Saturday Sept. 28 is World Rabies Day. Rabies is a fatal viral infection that can be passed between warm-blooded animals. If an animal or human is infected and is not…
October is Ontario Public Library Month and Oct. 20 – 26 is Ontario Public Library week the time frame during which most busy libraries host celebrations. This is an annual…
DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER At the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board meeting Monday night an update to the 2019-2020 enrolments for elementary and secondary schools was announced….
Re: Gazette editorial September 19, 2019 Hatred, bigotry and anti-semitism have no place in Prince Edward County While the headline got my immediate attention, I was not prepared for the…
Thank you for your editorial on Talia Epstein’s experiences with antisemitism at PECI. I’m sorry you didn’t see your way to publishing her article – you say it wouldn’t have…
I applaud The Picton Gazette for the unequivocal and principled way its September 19 editorial affirmed that “hatred, bigotry and anti-semitism have no place in Prince Edward County.” I also…
A very troubling piece by a student named Talia Epstein is making the rounds on social media and elsewhere. Last week it was reviewed in your newspaper’s Commentary under the…
To the surprise of no one who has followed elections before, dirt on candidates began to surface just days into the official campaign. In the case of Prime Minister Justin…
SARAH WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER Prince Edward County Council have approved a site plan for a new strip mall in the west Picton at the current site of a…
