Huge donation funds new hospital scanner
Patients at the future Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital will be able to benefit from a new CT Scanner, due to a large donation from a pair of Picton residents. Norm Ritchie and Monique Postlewaite of Picton have donated $500,000 towards the purchase of the scanner. The donation was made as part of the Back the Bu...
May 10, 2024
Strong Kids Campaign shatters fundraising record
It was a record-setting YMCA Strong Kids campaign. At a celebration luncheon this week at The Local in Belleville, it was announced that the 2023 campaign raised a record-setting $257,000. Connie Reid of the YMCA tells Quinte News that Strong Kids Co-Chairs Patricia Guernsey and Ken Schmidt lead by example. "And k...
May 10, 2024
Mobile mental health clinic funding for Hastings and Prince Edward counties
Ontario has announced $387,200 in funding for Hastings and Prince Edward counties for mobile mental health services. According to a press release from the province, the funding supports a mobile community-based withdrawal management clinic that goes into rural and underserved areas. The mobile clinic will connect peopl...
May 10, 2024
MP Williams speaks on Conservative motion to stop decriminalization of hard drugs
Bay of Quinte MP Ryan Williams spoke on a Conservative motion at the House of Commons that looks to maintain a ban on hard drugs and stop efforts to decriminalize hard drugs. Speaking with Quinte News, MP Williams says this motion was introduced off the heels of British Columbia deciding to recriminalize illicit drug u...
May 10, 2024
Inmate dies at Collins Bay
Correctional Service Canada is reporting the death of an inmate at Collins Bay institution. The inmate, named Rock Ravary, died on Friday while serving a five-year sentence for sexual assault. In a press release, CSC says the death was of natural causes.
May 10, 2024
Mayor Ostrander Apologizes for Lobbying Partnership
Brighton Mayor Brian Ostrander says it is not a good look for the municipality. At Monday's meeting, municipal council approved the hiring of Atlas Strategic Advisors to help with their application to the Ontario Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund. Although an application had already been made by staff, $60,000 was ap...
May 10, 2024
Kenneth Jackson wins Loyalist College's Outstanding Alumni Award
Loyalist College has announced that Kenneth Jackson, an investigative reporter with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), will be honoured as the 2024 recipient of the Hugh P. O'Neil Outstanding Alumni Award. The award recognizes a Loyalist graduate who has demonstrated outstanding professional leadership o...
May 10, 2024
Over $38,000 raised on McHappy Day
Nine McDonald's restaurants in Belleville, Trenton, Picton, Brighton, Campbellford, and Madoc were able to raise $38,032 for The Children's Foundation on Wednesday. The Children's Foundation serves Hastings, Northumberland, and Prince Edward counties. According to a press release, the funds raised will go towards suppo...
May 10, 2024
Arrest after theft of a vehicle in Campbellford
Members of the Northumberland OPP have made an arrest in relation to a vehicle theft investigation. On March 23, 2024 shortly after 5:40 p.m., police received a report from a caller that their vehicle had been stolen from a location on Bridge Street West in Campbellford. Police began an investigation into the incident....
May 10, 2024
Local unemployment rate rises slightly
Although the local unemployment rate went up slightly in April from the month before, it remains well below both the national and Ontario rates. According to Statistics Canada the unemployment rate in the Belleville-Quinte West Census Metropolitan Area which includes Belleville, Quinte West, Deseronto-Tyendinaga and St...
May 10, 2024
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