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Author: Leah Matthews

Community

Picton developing a plan to protect residents and preserve tourism after crush of summer visitors in 2020

A tourism management plan developed after Prince Edward County experienced a sharp increase in the number of Lake Ontario beachgoers last summer has drawn criticism from Picton-area residents who want more done to control the impact of visitors. After the huge influx of summer tourists to the county — especially at Sandbanks Provincial Park near Picton – county councillors asked…

Arts & Culture

Lookahead ’21: Museum links pandemic, wartime challenges in ‘Make Do and Mend’ workshop series

On Feb. 19, the Canadian War Museum will host the latest in its series of “Make Do and Mend” online events, which were inspired by an exhibition about everyday life during the Second World War and advocate for resourceful, self-sufficient living in 2021. During the LeBreton Flats-based museum’s closure during the COVID-19 pandemic, an online portal called Museum at Home…