Author Archives: Amanda Smith

Lower Trent Conservation has issued a flood watch for the Trent River from Hastings to Trenton. The conservation authority says the rain earlier this week, along with warmer temperatures, have increas...

Community Living announced on Wednesday they are cancelling the 37th annual Mayor's Challenge charity golf tournament. Christine Semark says the decision was made in everyone's best interest in consul...

Normally the Bay of Quinte Regional Marketing Board would be going full speed ahead to promote the 2020 tourist season but the COVID-19 crisis has brought that to a grinding halt. Executive Director D...

Over the past two months, 8 Wing/CFB Trenton has been at the forefront of Canada's efforts to protect our communities from the COVID-19 virus. We have supported the Public Health Agency of Canada with...

The Ontario Minister of Education was on the Lorne Brooker Show on 800 CJBQ this morning (Wednesday) to talk about the most recent announcement made by the government on Tuesday. Stephen Lecce says th...

Hastings Prince Edward District School Board Director of Education says what is currently going on is like nothing he has ever seen in his career. Sean Monteith issued a letter to parents, guardians a...

"As of 12:00 p.m., this afternoon, March 31, 2020, I have declared a Public Emergency in accordance with the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act," stated Rick Phillips, Reeve of the Township...

The call for personal protective equipment (PPE) has been heard loud and clear in the Quinte region. Quinte Health Care received a donation of 100 boxes of N95 masks from Lapalm Moving. Owner Bernie O...

The Rotary Club of Belleville has decided that some events are too important to allow the coronavirus pandemic to shut down completely, so they're taking the club's 100th anniversary celebrations to s...

There is a twist to a story we first brought you on Monday. Quinte West firefighters, OPP and paramedics were called to King Fisher Cove on Sunday afternoon about a person in distress in the Bay of Qu...