News
From the heart of Prince Edward County, I'm Don Leslie with your County FM
News
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In local news, there is some good news for the construction weary residents of
Wellington. Clearway Group, the municipality's contractor, has completed asphalt milling
and other work in preparation for the final paving on sections of Belleville St, Wellington
Main St, and Prince Edward Dr.
Where the asphalt milling has taken place, there are temporary bumps in the road
where asphalt lap joints have been applied. Motorists are asked to approach and
traverse the construction zones with caution. The lap joints will be removed when the
final paving of the road takes place.
The final paving is expected to occur the week of Nov 17, weather dependent.
WATER
Recent rainfall in the Quinte watershed still has yet to impact drought conditions still
lingering from the summer
Quinte Conservation is reminding the public that the Level 3 Low Water Condition
issued on October 22 is still in effect for the Quinte watershed.
Officials say ongoing and future significant rain is required to make up for the deficit in
water supply over the last 5 months.
October rainfall amounts were near normal for this time of year; however, seasonal
precipitation amounts were well below average and the month's rain wasn’t enough to
fully restore water levels across the Quinte watershed.
Most streams are currently flowing at only 15-per cent or less of normal for this time of
year. Low water impacts continue to be experienced across the watershed. Residents
and businesses should continue to reduce water consumption.
ECONOMY
The Canadian economy added 67,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate
ticked down to 6.9 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday, with part-time work
driving the increase.
By sector, the influx of work was driven by wholesale and retail trade — which added
41,000 jobs — as well as transportation and warehousing, information, culture and
recreation, and utilities.
The construction sector shed 15,000 jobs. The data agency noted that work in goods-
producing industries (such as construction and manufacturing) declined between
January and October, while services-producing industries gained 142,000 jobs during
that same period.
POLITICS
Federal Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux announced yesterday that he is resigning from
the House of Commons, contrary to speculation he was preparing to defect to the
Liberals.
Rumours had swirled all week that the Alberta MP was considering crossing the floor,
and Conservative sources had said he was under pressure to stay from some in the
party. But Jeneroux says coercion played no role in his decision to leave federal politics.
Jeneroux's resignation is the second departure from the Conservative caucus
announced this week after Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont joined the Liberals on
Tuesday — two blows to Pierre Poilievre's leadership which also give the minority
Liberal government more breathing room to get bills, like this week's budget, through
Parliament.
FOOD
A federal judge has ordered U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to fully fund
this month's food aid for 42 million low-income Americans by Friday, blocking its plan to
only provide reduced benefits during the record-long government shutdown.
U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, R.I., accused the administration on
Thursday of withholding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, known as
SNAP or food stamps, for "political reasons" as he ordered the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) to fund the program so people get 100 per cent of their benefits.
"The evidence shows that people will go hungry, food pantries will be overburdened,
and needless suffering will occur," McConnell said during a virtual court hearing on
Thursday. "That's what irreparable harm here means."
The Trump administration quickly moved to appeal McConnell's decision, leaving it
unclear whether ultimately SNAP benefits would be paid out in full on Friday as the
judge had ordered.
And finally, for the third time in Canadian history, more women than men have been
elected to a provincial or territorial Legislative Assembly.
In the recent elections in the Yukon, 11 women and one non-binary MLA were elected
to the 21 member legislature or 57%.
Previously, British Columbia surpassed 50 per cent representation in the 2024
provincial election, and the Northwest Territories, which reached gender parity after
its 2019 election.
That was your County-FM News. Sports is next
Sports
Here is your County FM Sports
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JUNIOR HOCKEY
In local junior hockey, the Wellington Dukes have back-to-back games this weekend.
On Saturday afternoon, they will be away in Haliburton to face the Huskies. You can
catch that game live 99.3 County FM with Craig Foster starting at 4:00 pm.
Then on Sunday, the Dukes are back home for a 1:30 start against the Stouffville Spirit.
The Picton Pirates will also be facing the Huskies on Saturday, but they will be in
Frankford. That game starts at 7:00 pm.
CFL
In the CFL, the Division finals are on tap tomorrow. At 3:00 pm Saturday afternoon, Tim
Horton’s Stadium will be brewing as the first place Hamilton Tiger Cats host the second
place Montreal Alouettes for top spot in the East,
Later that day at 6:30 pm, the first place Saskatchewan Roughriders host second place
BC Lions at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.
The winners will head down the road to Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg to W in the
F1
The F1 race season resumes this weekend in South America with the Brazilian Grand
Prix. This weekend will see both a sprint and regular race being contested, so more
points are up for grab in the competitive driver’s championship.
The 24 lap sprint race goes at 9:00 am Saturday followed by main race qualifying at
1:00 pm. The red lights go out for 71 lap main race on Sunday at noon.
NHL
Over in the NHL, there are two western conference Canadian teams in action tonight. At
the top end of the conference, the Winnipeg Jets head to San Jose to battles the
Sharks.
Meanwhile, the last place Calgary Flames welcome the Chicago Blackhawks to the
Saddledome. On a positive note, the Flames are on a two game win streak, though they
still have only 10 points in the first 15 games of the season.
That was County FM Sports.
