Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Hastings County Emergency Service Chief Doug Socha showed off the service's new drone, following the Emergency Services Committee meeting this week. Chief Doug Socha says the drone was deployed recent...

The Hastings-Quinte ambulance service is planning to cut the number of non-urgent calls it takes by 50% as its emergency calls increase. Chief of Emergency Services Doug Socha told the Hastings-Quinte...

The final report is in on the homeless count in Hastings County. It was presented to the Hastings-Quinte Community and Human Services Committee on Wednesday. The count undertaken last April as part of...

Belleville city council is taking steps to regulate traffic in the east end as the extension of Haig Road and Station Street moves ahead. Tuesday night, council gave the go-ahead for a new by-law to b...

The land lease housing proposal for a subdivision in Belleville got shot down at city council Tuesday night. Council had before it the proposal by Parkbridge Lifestyle Communities for a subdivision wi...

The Children's Aid Society that serves Napanee, and Lennox and Addington area, will launch its Tree of Hope holiday fundraising campaign on Thursday evening. The campaign puts toys, food and clothing ...

Public health officials are concerned that what is called a "living wage" in Northumberland County is $4 higher than the present minimum wage. Kristina Nairn is the Social Determinants of Health nurse...

The First World War was fought from 1914 to 1918 and was the bloodiest war the world had ever seen up to that time. After the outbreak of the war, the fighting in France and Belgium soon turned into a...

Quinte area public health officials are urging members of the public to get their flu shots this month. Hastings Prince Edward Board of Health Medical Officer of Health Dr. Piotr Oglaza says cases of ...

Belleville and Quinte West will be paying more for public health under a new allocation system. The province pays 75% and the municipalities 25% of the Hastings Prince Edward public health budget. The...