Picton Gazette Express: Vol. 3 No. 11

March 19, 2026

What do we want? OSAP! When do we want it? ASAP!

After a difficult winter at the Base, a slimmed down team looks ahead
Maple in the County returns the last weekend of March
Despite strenuous protest from business owners, roadworks will begin during peak tourist season
The first jury trial of social media companies brought scores of highly classified internal documents to light. They change everything.

Chris and Jason point us to all the news and sports, articles linked below.

Gorgeous houses this weekend, from Hillier to Prinyer’s Cove

The Weekend Ticket

Surprise! It’s the first weekend of Spring!

It’s March Maple Madness! The sweetest time of the year. Maple events underway every weekend all month long. Maps and participants at the website.

L’Air du Printemps BIGLAKE presents Ensemble Made In Canada performing the second piano quartet by French Romantic composer Gabriel Fauré. This dramatic yet elegant work features breathtaking harmonic landscapes created with an impressionistic touch. Alongside this masterpiece is a Thousandth Orange, a musical exploration of the endless shades of a colour. Afternoon concert at 743 Chase  Rd., Hillier. Tickets $55.

Baite presented by the Toronto Irish Film Festival, at The Regent. A woman's body is found under the waters of a lake in the countryside, and the arrival of a Detective from Dublin is the last thing Peggy, the owner of Casey's House, needs. Sunday 22 March 2-4pm.

Tristan und Isolde, Metropolitan Opera in Live HD at The Regent, Saturday 21 March at noon.

The Sunday Spread features Chef Charlotte Langley at Stella’s. All Sunday afternoon March 22, 1-6pm. A Collaboration with Gold & Fife.

Books on Film celebrates Tom Stoppard. Series launches next Monday March 30 at 7pm with a private screening of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at The Regent Theatre. Get your pass at The Gazette or The Regent.