Author Archives: Mary Thomas

The project to fix the gap in the cell coverage to every home in eastern Ontario is moving ahead. County CAO Jim Pine told Hastings County council on Thursday that work is going on with Rogers Communi...

A Hastings County committee is recommending that the county not provide money requested by the Eastern Ontario Trails Alliance. The Trails group is asking for $10,000 to offset maintenance costs. Earl...

A proposal is in the works to undertake some repair work on the Salmon River Bridge deck in Hastings County. A staff report indicates that the existing bridge deck seals on the Salmon River Bridge hav...

Amnesty Quinte is joining Amnesty International in the bid to free an Indigenous man in Guatemala. When Bernardo Caal Xol, an Indigenous man from the Maya Q'eqchi' nation in Guatemala stood up to prot...

Hastings County's two Long Term Care Homes are receiving additional funding to increase hours of care. The funding from the provincial government will increase hours of care up to March of next year. ...

Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services has been a leader in the development of the Community Paramedic Program. The Emergency Measures Committee recommended on Wednesday that county council approve guidel...

New programs are in the works to help people with mental health issues. The program was outlined by Derek McGeachy, Associate Director of Access and Transitions, of Addictions and Mental Health Servic...

A plan is in place for residents of Hastings Prince Edward counties to get their COVID-19 booster doses. Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (HPEPH) will provide booster doses of the mRNA COVID-19 va...

The multi-million dollar cleanup of the former Deloro Mine site continues to await some final work. The provincial government is awaiting some engineering work on the final design before moving ahead ...

Cobourg Police have arrested a woman wanted on three charges. Police say they were on routine patrol when they observed the woman, 30-year-old Desiree Irwin. Irwin was arrested and charged with the fo...