Picton Gazette Express: Vol. 3 No. 15

April 16, 2026

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This week’s issue features a “false front,” an advertising feature that creates a special front cover, in this case dedicated to County Arts’s 40th Anniversary, celebrated with an amazing new installation at The Royal Hotel, Hotel Confidential

And on the regular cover, we feature this unique County collaboration, which brings together County Arts, 16 artists, The Royal Hotel — and the Picton Gazette

Steve Ferguson announces he will not run for re-election

MAT revenues collected in 2025 jump close to 50 percent over those of 2024

The first ship in over half a century to load up with grain at the new Parrish & Heimbecher grain port on Picton Bay

The MNR granted Picton Terminals repeated exemptions from the requirement for a quarry licence under the Aggregate Resources Act based on information the owners supplied about their activities.

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

This week’s special house is a century home on Elmbrook Road

Seven spectacular County properties open to visitors this weekend, including waterfront on the Adolphus Reach and Lake Consecon, and waterfalls off County Road 49 near Picton

The Weekend Ticket

Hotel Confidential at The Royal Hotel. This not-to-be missed exhibition features 16 artists and a hotel re-imagined. Saturday and Sunday April 18 & 19. Registration at County Arts encouraged, but drop-ins welcome. Free to all.

Authors Festival. The PEC Libraries annual festival kicks off with the County Reads debate at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Picton on Thursday 16 April at 7pm. Tickets still available.

Andrew Coyne presents his book, The Crisis of Canadian Democracy, in conversation with Greg Sorbara and Councillor Bill Roberts at St Mary Magdalene Friday evening. Marianne Ackerman, author of Oyster, and Brian Goldman, The Casino Shift, are at the Picton Branch Library on Saturday. All author events are sold out.

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