News
From the heart of Prince Edward County, I’m Don Leslie with your County FM News
In local news, Quinte West Councillor David O’Neil made an interesting announcement at yesterday’s meeting of the Quinte Economic Development Commission. He
said local politicians had been chatting with the Vice-President of Marketing and Business Development of Candu Energy, Todd Smith, about locating a small nuclear reactor on the dormant former Cascades/Domtar property in Trenton.
Smith was the former MPP for Bay of Quinte riding. Current Bay of Quinte MPP Tyler Allsopp said he hadn’t been involved in talks on the subject but thought it was an “interesting idea” worthy of consideration.
It was recently announced by Federal and Provincial Ministers that four small modular reactors would be built at the Darlington plant. In addition to the Darlington New Nuclear Project and refurbishments at the Darlington and Pickering nuclear generating stations and Bruce Power, Ontario is exploring multiple new nuclear energy generation projects to build for the future.
TARIFF
The federal government is firing back at Stellantis and General Motors and cutting the number of tariff-free vehicles the automakers can import from the U.S. to sell in Canada. The two multinational manufacturers will no longer be exempt from paying Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on as many U.S.-assembled vehicles as before.
The move is an attempt to put pressure on the companies to reinvest in Canadian production and workers to get this benefit back and avoid a big tariff bill.
“This action follows the automakers’ unacceptable decision to scale back their manufacturing presences in Canada, directly breaching their commitments to the country and Canadian workers,” the government said in a late-night media release. Ottawa is taking action after Stellantis announced its plan to expand in the U.S.,
General Motors also confirmed Tuesday that it was ending production of its BrightDrop electric delivery vans at a plant in Ingersoll, Ont., due to demand.
QUEBEC DOCTORS
After months of negotiating, Quebec to table special legislation today to force new deal with doctors. Premier François Legault stated that It’s time for government ‘to stand up’ and change how doctors are remunerated.
The Legault government is expected to force through special legislation to change the compensation model for family doctors and medical specialists, as MNAs sit in the National Assembly from early this morning.
In May, the government tabled Bill 106 which included a provision linking physicians’ pay to performance indicators to get them to take on heavier patient loads. But doctors have repeatedly warned they cannot meet performance targets without more resources.
The premier made those plans clear in a recorded video address on Wednesday.
Premier Legault claims the state of negotiations had left him with no other choice, saying “we are not doing this against doctors, we are doing this for Quebecers.”
And finally, as our nightly skies over the next week, there’s been a new comet in the sky over the past few weeks, which you can now see for yourself.
Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon
passed closest to Earth on Tuesday, when it was visible close to the horizon. However, the comet has now risen a bit higher in the sky, making now an opportune time to see it.
The comet can be found in the western sky as soon as it gets dark. If you look at the Big Dipper, the first star in the handle of the “spoon” points to a bright star called Arcturus. Comet Lemmon can be found above and to the left of the unmistakably bright star and is best seen with binoculars. And if you miss out now, you’ll never see it again: it won’t come back for another 1,300 years.
That was your County-FM News. Sports is next
Sports
JUNIOR HOCKEY
The Wellington Dukes are on the road tonight as they travel to King City to face the Rebellion. The game will be broadcast live on 99.3 County FM with announcer Craig Foster. The puck drops at 7:30. On Monday the Dukes are home to Pickering Panthers. That game also starts at 7:30 at the LeHigh Arena.
The Dukes are looking to reverse their fortunes of late as there are winless in their last 9 games.
The Picton Pirates were at home last night as the Trent Hills Thunder roared into town. The Pirates won decisively 5-1. That moves the Pirates into a first place with the Amhearstview Jets in East Tod Division.
F1
The F1 racing circuit will be in Mexico City this weekend. The race could go a long way in determining the drivers championship and big bucks for the teams. McLarens Piastri and Norris and separated by 18 points with 25 points gins to the winner of the race.
There are three teams with 10 points in the Constructors race for second spot. McLaren has already wrapped up top spot. Germany based Mercedes leads Ferrari by 7 points while, the Italian teams leads Austria’s Red bull Racing by 3 points. Points are awarded based on the top 10 finishes of each team’s pair of drivers.
Qualification for pole position goes at 5:00 Saturday. The race launches at 4:00 pm Sunday afternoon
CFL
In the CFL, all the teams making the playoffs have been determined, byt not who will play who and where. In the East, Hamilton and Montreal have the same records, but the Tiger-Cats hold the the tie breaker. The Tiger-Cats can seal first spot with a win over the Ottawa Red Blacks tonight at Tim Horton Field in the Hammer. If not, then the Alouettes will have to win their final game on the road in Winnipeg on Saturday afternoon.
In the West, the second place BC Lions and third spot Calgary Stampeders also have the same records. Calgary is on the road tonight in Edmonton hunt down the last place Elks. The Lions head to first place Saskatchewan to hopefully better the Roughriders.
