Author Archives: David Foot

Parents in Centre Hastings got their first chance to hear about and give feedback on, a proposal to close and consolidate some area schools, at a public meeting Wednesday night. The Hastings Prince Ed...

Both local school boards say any parents who sent their kids to school and want to pick them up early because of the weather can do so. The Hastings Prince Edward School Board says parents can come an...

Council considering indemnification clause for future planning applications Brighton's CAO says it's getting less likely that the town sees any money back from two costly Ontario Municipal Board heari...

Belleville's Fire Prevention Office has issued fines against a city man, following a blaze in an east-end kitchen last week. Fire crews were called to the Dundas Street East apartment on the afternoon...

There's been a fatal incident at a business in Campbellford today. Northumberland OPP were called to the business, on Tanner Industrial Drive, around 2:45 Monday afternoon, where a man had been pinned...

          A Quinte West-based business is expanding with a new downtown office and will celebrate with a ribbon cutting on Friday. Lynxfield Canada provides hardware and softw...

An inmate has died at Bath Institution, near Kingston. Corrections Canada staff haven't released details of exactly what happened, but say 42 year-old Michael Coelho died while in custody today and co...

A new era has officially begun for the Belleville Police Service, as Ron Gignac has been sworn in as the new Chief of Police, with Mike Callahan being named his deputy. Gignac takes over from Cory Mac...

A coroner's inquest into the death of two inmates at Joyceville Institution will begin at the end of the month. The East Regional Coroner's Office says the inquest will look into the deaths of 53 year...

The Hastings Prince Edward Learning Foundation is benefiting from a generous donation by a pair of insurance companies. Whitley Insurance and Gore Mutual have handed over a combined $15,000, to be spl...