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HPEPH ready to vaccinate children ages 5 to 11

Local families can begin booking COVID vaccination appointments for children ages 5 to 11 starting Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. Hastings Prince Edward Public Health says vaccination clinics for children ...

Alana Cameron Nov 22, 2021 (Photo: Hastings Prince Edward Public Health/Twitter)

Cemetery vandalism remains under investigation

In a release issued Friday, Belleville police say they continue to investigate the three incidents of cemetery vandalism within their jurisdiction. During the first week of November, almost 500 headst...

Alana Cameron Nov 19, 2021 Vandalism at Elmwood Cemetery in Belleville, Nov. 4, 2021. (Photo: John Spitters/Quinte News)

NOTICE: Respiratory outbreak at H.J. McFarland Memorial Home

NOTICE: Respiratory outbreak at H.J. McFarland Memorial Home H.J. McFarland Memorial Home is currently experiencing an outbreak of the rhinovirus, the predominant cause of the common cold in humans. A...

Alana Cameron Nov 19, 2021

BGHF benefits from record breaking Smile Cookie Campaign

Belleville General Hospital Foundation has 49,000 reasons to smile. The latest Tim Hortons Smile Cookie Campaign raised a record-breaking $49,529 for the foundation. The money was raised across 10 Tim...

Alana Cameron Nov 19, 2021 Almost $50,000 was presented, Friday November 19 to the Belleville General Hospital Foundation from 10 local Tim Hortons restaurants. The money was raised through the 2021 Smile Cookie Campaign. (Photo: submitted/BGHF)

HPEPH declares outbreak in Trenton; asks everyone to continue following guidelines

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is encouraging people to continue following public health guidelines as it has declared a community outbreak of COVID-19 in Trenton. Dr. Ethan Toumishey, Acting Me...

Alana Cameron Nov 19, 2021 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Belleville Transit continues to move towards zero emissions fleet

Belleville Transit continues to move towards electrification of its bus fleet. Operations Manager Paul Buck says the Transit Committee is going ahead with a plan in conjunction with the Metrolinx Tran...

Alana Cameron Nov 19, 2021 (Photo: Ryan Peddigrew/Quinte News)

NOTICE: Upcoming temporary water disruption in Picton

NOTICE: Temporary water service disruption Union Street (Picton) Nov. 22 A temporary water service interruption will occur on Monday, November 22 on Union Street between Head Street and Bridge Street ...

Alana Cameron Nov 19, 2021

MBQ vaccination clinics for children five to eleven

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health has not yet released its vaccination plans for five to eleven year olds but the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte are already advertising clinics for the younger set. A...

Alana Cameron Nov 19, 2021

New OSPCA CEO likes what he sees in new facility

The new CEO of the Ontario SPCA is impressed with the new Humane Society Hastings Prince Edward shelter. Doug Brooks paid a visit to the building that is currently under construction on Wallbridge-Loy...

Alana Cameron Nov 19, 2021 Donna Endicott - HSHPE board chair, Doug Brooks - OSHPC CEO, and Marilyn Lawrie, HSHPE executive director. (Photo: submitted/HSHPE)

Two charged in drug bust

A drug investigation by Lennox and Addington OPP in Greater Napanee has resulted in charges against two people. On Thursday, police executed a search warrant at a residence and on a vehicle seizing ap...

Alana Cameron Nov 19, 2021 (Photo: Lennox & Addington OPP)