Quinte Conservation has installed a Wind Phone at Sidney Conservation Area — a quiet space designed for reflection, connection, and healing for those who are grieving. Located at the end of a newly created trail beneath a canopy of towering trees, visitors will find a hand-carved phone booth containing an unconnected telephone.

Quinte Conservation and the Low Water Response Team (LWRT) have declared that the watershed has returned to normal water conditions.

Quinte Conservation and the Low Water Response Team have reduced the region’s low water condition to Level 1. Watershed conditions stabilized over the month of November and into December, with near normal rainfall and snowfall offsetting the deficient precipitation amounts from August through to the present. Adjacent watershed regions have also seen similar improvements and have likewise reduced their condition status.