Picton Gazette Express Vol. 2 No. 9

March 13, 2025

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Charles Pachter’s 2001 “Side by Side” now speaks to a very different political moment.
Beloved teacher Gord Moran lives on in spirited parody song about Canada and the USA with well over a million listens.

We Will Survive
At first, we were afraid, we were petrified
Kept thinking we could never live without you by our side
And we spent so many nights thinking how you did us wrong
Now we’ve banded all together, your tariff made us strong
And so you know , you’re not so great
There’s not a snowball’s chance in hell we’ll be your 51st state
We should have told you this before
You don’t believe this but it is true
You really need our resources, far more than we need you
So now just go, walk out the door
We do not need you
You’re not welcome anymore
Weren’t you the one who instigated these trade fights
You’ll soon grow to regret it, when we turn out your lights
Canada, we will survive
As long as we can think and work, we know we’ll stay alive
We have all we really need; we can live without your greed
We will survive; we will survive
There’s been a change, it’s time you knew
We’re not that fledgling little country still in awe of you
We are now a nation proud, that is happy to be free
You didn’t realize you gave us, our own identity
So now just go, we will survive

Picton Terminals was in Ontario Superior Court last week, the first salvo in a private prosecution brought by four Picton residents. The charge is operating a pit or quarry without a license, in contravention of the Aggregate Resources Act.
$50 million children’s medical camp proposed for West Lake earns rare near-unanimous vote, despite the fact that the site occupies a Natural Core Area.

The 40-year career of Tyendinaga-based David R. Maracle can’t be contained in a single discipline.

We have all been sold on, we are all hooked on, cheap goods. Nobody is immune to this contemporary plague.

Chris, who has a US passport, gets feisty!

The Weekend Ticket

PEC March Maple Madness runs every weekend this month.

Container Gardening: Learn how to successfully grow your vegetables and flowers in containers from Lise Bois, Co-Chair of County Garden Club. Sunday 16 March from 1-3pm at the Bloomfield Town Hall. Register to save a seat. All attendees will be given seeds suitable for growing in containers, which can be planted at home.

March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day! The Barley Room at The Waring House does it in style. Music, Food, Friends and Prizes. Free admission. The party starts at 3pm with Mark McGreevy followed by Mark Despault & Conrad Kipping at 6:30PM. Irish menu, special drinks and oysters.

And remember: there’s always The Regent! Fidil Ghorm ushers in the Toronto Irish Film Festival on Sunday March 16.

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