Author Archives: Mary Thomas

The issue of hundreds of thousands of dollars, proposed to go to the Grace Inn homeless shelter in Belleville, has been deferred to a special meeting of the Hastings County Community and Human service...

An effort is getting underway to develop an Action Plan to achieve some action on the Hastings County 10-year Housing and Homelessness Plan. On Wednesday, the Hastings County Community and Human Servi...

Loyalist College has launched a survey aimed at identifying the needs of military-connected students, Veterans and their families. Results of the survey will be used to create an academic and social s...

On Wednesday, Erin O'Toole lost a vote to remain leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. The party's members of Parliament met virtually to cast secret ballots after about one-third of them signed...

Erin O'Toole has been ousted as Conservative Party of Canada leader after 73 members of the Tory caucus voted to replace him. Forty-five endorsed O'Toole's leadership. Caucus members are now going to ...

Cobourg police have made an arrest in a case of domestic-related assault. Police arrested a 38-year-old man in the downtown and charged him with four offences. They are: domestic assault, domestic ass...

The chair of the Hastings Prince Edward Board of Health says there's a gap in funding for certain health care. Chair Jo-Anne Albert told a meeting of the board on Tuesday, "You're teaching them up to ...

Along with the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, public health is not forgetting work on other health programs. Medical Officer of Health Dr. Ethan Toumishey told the Hastings Prince Edward Board o...

Hastings Prince Edward has a new Medical Officer of Health. At its meeting Tuesday, the Board of Health approved Dr. Ethan Toumishey as the successful candidate. Toumishey has been the acting Medical ...

The site for a new ambulance base in southern-central Hastings County has been selected. At its meeting on Thursday, Hastings County council approved a location in Stirling-Rawdon that the municipalit...