Prince Edward County Voice reporter to start internship at the CBC

We are excited to announce Prince Edward County Voice reporter Nicole Kleinsteuber will be away on internship at CBC Radio in Toronto for the next six weeks starting February 21. During her internship she will be working for three different broadcast shows, The World This Weekend, CBL/CBLT and the Hourly News. Kleinsteuber’s time will be …

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Divisiveness over wind turbines apparent at town hall meeting in Picton

By Nicole Kleinsteuber People against the plan to build industrial wind turbines along Prince Edward County’s south shore made up a large number of the audience at Thursday night’s town hall in Picton. Among the 200 in attendance were residents from Wolfe Island, Amherst Island and Kingston.  The three-hour meeting was organized and hosted as …

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Follow public consultation on wind projects in Prince Edward County tonight

By Nicole Kleinsteuber Prince Edward Hastings MPP Todd Smith wants to give Prince Edward County residents the opportunity to have their say when it comes to wind developments planned along the county’s south shore. Smith has invited the community to participate in a public consultation tonight at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Picton at 6 …

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Follow up to ‘Moving Forward’

By Nicole Kleinsteuber Thank you to everyone who logged on and participated in our event last night. It was great to see so the community come out and discuss the idea of moving forward past the debate over wind turbines. The public and panellists presented some strong solutions to this conflict. The idea of obtaining …

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Live interactive discussion on wind energy in Prince Edward County tonight at 7 p.m.

This is an opportunity for the community to ask questions and engage in real time conversations with politicians, activists and experts on wind projects in the county. The main goal of this event is to discuss and offer solutions on how Prince Edward County can move past the power struggle over wind developments. Panelists include …

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Prince Edward County Voice reporter to start internship at the CBCDivisiveness over wind turbines apparent at town hall meeting in PictonFollow public consultation on wind projects in Prince Edward County tonightFollow up to ‘Moving Forward’Live interactive discussion on wind energy in Prince Edward County tonight at 7 p.m.

Feb
19

Prince Edward County Voice reporter to start internship at the CBC

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February 19, 2012

Prince Edward County Voice reporter Nicole Kleinsteuber exploring the 'big smoke' and preparing for her internship at CBC in Toronto.

We are excited to announce Prince Edward County Voice reporter Nicole Kleinsteuber will be away on internship at CBC Radio in Toronto for the next six weeks starting February 21.

During her internship she will be working for three different broadcast shows, The World This Weekend, CBL/CBLT and the Hourly News.

Kleinsteuber’s time will be spent writing news stories, editing audio files and gathering radio and television news content in the field.

Before entering the radio newsroom she must undergo a series of training sessions on using various production software required to edit CBC news material.

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Feb
06

Divisiveness over wind turbines apparent at town hall meeting in Picton

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February 6, 2012

By Nicole Kleinsteuber

People against the plan to build industrial wind turbines along Prince Edward County’s south shore made up a large number of the audience at Thursday night’s town hall in Picton.

Among the 200 in attendance were residents from Wolfe Island, Amherst Island and Kingston.  The three-hour meeting was organized and hosted as a public town hall by Prince Edward Hastings MPP Todd Smith at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.  During his introduction Smith said divisiveness between community members and the demand for public consultation led him to host the meeting.

“One of the damn shames that the government has done to us, is industrial wind developments have gotten between me and my neighbours,” said a resident from South Bay late in the public comment period.

“This was an opportunity for anyone on either side to take the stage and speak publicly on the issue,” said Smith. “It seemed like many of the people who spoke first were people who are not real happy about the idea of having wind turbines on the south shore.”

There were a few wind supporters present but only one made himself known to the crowd.

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Feb
02

Follow public consultation on wind projects in Prince Edward County tonight

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February 2, 2012

By Nicole Kleinsteuber

Prince Edward Hastings MPP Todd Smith says he's putting the 'public' back in the public consultation process on wind projects. Photo by Nicole Kleinsteuber

Prince Edward Hastings MPP Todd Smith wants to give Prince Edward County residents the opportunity to have their say when it comes to wind developments planned along the county’s south shore.

Smith has invited the community to participate in a public consultation tonight at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Picton at 6 p.m.

Join Prince Edward County Voice reporter Nicole Kleinsteuber on Twitter @ PECVoice for live coverage.

“We thought it would be a good idea to have a town hall meeting so we could send all of the different thoughts on this project to the directly to the Ministry of Environment,” said Smith. “We want to make sure the messages from the members of this municipality get sent to Queen’s Park and the message is sent loud and clear on this issue.”

Gilead Power is the wind company whose proposal for a nine turbine wind farm on Ostrander Point is in the final stages of review by the Ministry of Environment. At Smith’s request the public was granted a three-week extension to comment on the pending project.

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Jan
26

Follow up to ‘Moving Forward’

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January 26, 2012

By Nicole Kleinsteuber

Thank you to everyone who logged on and participated in our event last night. It was great to see so the community come out and discuss the idea of moving forward past the debate over wind turbines. The public and panellists presented some strong solutions to this conflict. The idea of obtaining accurate information that is easy for the community to understand is monumental. As a journalist it provided me with new insights as to how I can better serve the community.

We had an intense amount of activity last night. A large number of questions, comments and concerns were coming in simultaneously and this jammed the server a few times. It wasn’t our intention for anyone to feel like your comments were being censored or excluded from this discussion. I apologize for any frustration this may have caused. I am posting the concerns that were emailed to Rob and I during and after the event. As promised I will direct your questions to the appropriate personal for follow up.

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Jan
25

Live interactive discussion on wind energy in Prince Edward County tonight at 7 p.m.

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January 25, 2012

This is an opportunity for the community to ask questions and engage in real time conversations with politicians, activists and experts on wind projects in the county.

The main goal of this event is to discuss and offer solutions on how Prince Edward County can move past the power struggle over wind developments.

Panelists include MPP Todd Smith, Mayor Peter Mertens, former Green Party candidate for Prince Edward Hastings Treat Hull, past president of the PEC federation of agriculture John Thompson, County Sustainability Group member John Legate and Manager of Communications at Wind Power Development Canada Kevin Surette.

Each of the panelists will be introduced in alphabetical order with an explanation of their area of expertise.

You can direct your questions to a particular person or open it to the entire panel.

This is a moderated event. All of your questions and suggestions won’t be entered into the discussion automatically. They will be sent to our facilitators Prince Edward County Voice reporter Nicole Kleinsteuber and Loyalist E-journalism professor Robert Washburn. Kleinsteuber and Washburn will submit appropriate questions and answers into the discussion.

If you experience technical difficulties email: rwashburn@loyalistc.on.ca

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Jan
25

Prince Edward County council’s stance against wind project location doesn’t represent everyone

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January 25, 2012

By Nicole Kleinsteuber

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Local wind supporters addressed council Tuesday night requesting they defeat a motion to submit a series of concerns to the Ministry of Environment and Gilead Power.

“We do not find it to be relevant to the original motion, reflective of sound science or representative of the greater good,” said past president of PEC federation of agriculture John Thompson.

The motion said the municipality of Prince Edward County believed Ostrander Point is an inappropriate site for the proposed wind farm and should not be approved for a list of reasons. The concerns ranged from unresolved adequacy of the proposed setbacks of turbines from residents homes to infrastructure having negative impacts on birds, wildlife and the environment.

Rob Williams, a member of the County Sustainability Group agreed with Thompson when he addressed council. The local group wants the community to adopt green initiatives, including windmills.

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Jan
18

Moving forward – a candid discussion on wind developments in Prince Edward County

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January 18, 2012

By Nicole Kleinsteuber

The Wolfe Island wind farm. Photo by Nicole Kleinsteuber

The controversy over wind farm developments in Prince Edward County has fuelled countless discussions, debates, consultations and protests over the past decade.

A number of county residents, environmental groups and government officials have objected to wind projects over that time. Community debates, letters to government officials, protests and lawsuits began when wind developers like SkyPower Corp, Vision Quest Windelectric Inc, and Gilead Power applied for zoning permits to construct wind turbines. WPD Canada is the most recent proponent to submit an application to the Ministry of Environment and is working with private landowners to construct 30 turbines.

Gilead Power has been planning to build nine wind turbines on Ostrander Point since 2006.
Their application is in its final stages of approval and they hope to start constructing later this year.

Prince Edward County council is sending in their comments and concerns on the project to the Ministry of Environment to be posted on the Environmental Bill of Rights registry.

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