Picton Gazette Express: Vol. 3 No. 18

May 07, 2026

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This beautiful watercolour by Brigitte Klassen is on display at Melt Studio & Gallery’s Renewal exhibition, opening May 15.

The Ontario Community Newspaper Association’s annual banquet was a bustling affair. Canada’s newspapers are showing signs of resurgence after a ten years of decline.

Tangled trail of deceit, forgery, and fraud of close to $1 million from an array of victims — including her own mother —suggest’s County’s own Talented Mr. Ripley

Resort reopens after a fire shut down operations for three weeks.

From May to October, County-time is not marked by months, but by asparagus, peas, raspberries, and tomatoes. As crops turn over, one constant is the weekly farmers’ markets — but there is more to those than vegetables. Eleanor Zichy reports.
May 1 opened the nominations period for County Council. We wonder who will be brave enough to step up and offer their services in the age of social media.

Chris and Jason run down the news — links to the best stories included.

Gracious Country Living

An open house crawl in Bloomfield features 8 open houses in the village alone

The Weekend Ticket

Oeno Gallery’s Breathe group fine art show is open Thursday 7 May to Sunday 10 May 10-5pm.

Artist Julie Seddon exhibition County: The Way Home launches Friday 8 May 6-8pm at County Arts Lab in the Armoury, Unit 2E, 206 Picton Main Street. Exhibition runs May 8th – June 17th.

Waring House features a Mom + Me Afternoon Tea. Friday and Saturday May 8 and 9, 2-4pm. Celebrate Mother’s Day weekend with sweet and savoury treats, freshly brewed tea, and quality time together. Advance booking required.

Also at the Waring House, the PEC Jazz Festival launches Friday 8 May with a dance show: Swing into Spring featuring The Crap Shooters Jive Band, featuring Dan Douglas, Spencer Evans and more.

All weekend, May 8-10, PEPTBO’s Spring Birding Festival! Join us for our annual Spring Birding Festival to celebrate migratory birds and the promise of spring. Starts 7am each day and runs to 2pm.

This three-day festival offers bird and nature lovers of all ages, identities, abilities, and levels of expertise an opportunity to learn, connect, and be inspired. Tickets $30

Where to Invest $100,000 Right Now, According to Experts

Investors face a dilemma. When the S&P 500 finished its worst quarter since 2022 last month, diversifiers like bonds and bitcoin fell too.

Even with the turnaround in mid-April, analysts at Goldman Sachs and Vanguard have projected low-single-digit annualized returns from 2024-2034.

Bloomberg asked where experts would personally invest $100,000 for their March monthly edition.

One answer that surfaced for a second time? Art.

It's what billionaires like Bezos and the Rockefellers have privately used to diversify for decades.

Why?

  1. Appreciation. The ArtPrice100 Index outpaced the S&P 500 overall from 2000 to 2025

  2. Low-correlation. The postwar contemporary segment has moved independently of traditional investments like stocks since ‘95.*

  3. Resilience. A scarce, physical, and global asset class with decades of demonstrated demand.

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*According to Masterworks data. Investing involves risk. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. See important Reg A disclosures at masterworks.com/cd.