Author Archives: David Foot

A couple of long term care homes in the area are getting some provincial government support for significant upgrades. MPP Daryl Kramp announced $982,375 for Hastings Centennial Manor in Bancroft and $...

Two local youngsters have been charged by Belleville police after complaints of people breaking into a commercial vehicle on Station Street early this morning. Officers responded around 1:45 a.m. and ...

A local insurance company is once again handing out cash for a trio of worthy community-based projects. The 2021 McDougall Family Fund contest opens May 1, with a total of $10,000 to be awarded to any...

Four people have been arrested as part of a drug bust in Quinte West. OPP and various tactical units searched a home on Nichols Road early Thursday morning and found suspected cocaine, crystal meth, f...

The Medical Officer of Health for Hastings Prince Edward says the local vaccine rollout has been slower than in some parts of the province and an announced cutback in doses being delivered here won't ...

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is reporting 20 new cases of COVID-19 in the area today, with 22 recoveries. The number of active cases sits at 148. Ten of the new cases were found in Belleville,...

Bancroft OPP have put out a bulletin for a missing woman. Twenty-nine-year-old Hope Jemimah Ogutu was last seen on Highway 118, near Cheddar Road in Highlands East, on Monday April 12, 2021. She's des...

The mayor of Quinte West says he's received some discouraging news on the local vaccine distribution front. Jim Harrison tells Quinte News he got a call from HPE Public Health on Wednesday, saying tha...

The Ontario Government is looking for input on municipal codes of conduct. The province is launching a 90-day consultation looking at ways to "better ensure that municipalities, councillors and heads ...

HPE Public Health is reporting 13 new cases of COVID-19, along with 23 recoveries today, leaving the total number of active cases in the area at 150. Five of the new cases were found in Belleville, fo...