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A local woman is being recognized for her outstanding achievements in Afghanistan. Tuesday night, Karen Bongard was awarded with a Civic Recognition Award for achieving a 2016 Professional Association...

Prince Edward County is getting on board with an initiative aimed at closing the fiscal gap facing Ontario municipalities. Tuesday night, council approved joining the Association of Municipalities' 'W...

Health Minister Jane Philpott says the government intends to change the country's Food Guide and overhaul food labelling rules as part of an effort to make Canadians healthier. Philpott announced the ...

A 58-year-old man is facing numerous charges following a collision between a truck and a parked vehicle in the LCBO parking lot in Tweed on Saturday. At 2:40 p.m. an off duty police officer was alerte...

A 24-year-old Belleville man has died in hospital following an altercation on Sunday. At midnight, city police responded to Walmsley Place in regards to a man lying in the street. Upon arrival, police...

The Central Hastings OPP are warning residents of a mystery shopper scam that is circulating in the area. According to police, the scammers use free online classified ad websites, texts, emails or onl...

The Ontario agency tasked with administering the first online literacy test to tens of thousands of high school students in the province last week says it was forced to pull the plug by an ``intention...

Hastings Prince Edward MPP Todd Smith says the province's decision to import enough electricity from Quebec to power a city of over 200,000 people is great but the timing comes too late. On Friday, Pr...

Provincial officials are still working to try and figure out why Ontario's brand-new online system for standardized tests crashed Thursday. Students across the province including the Bay of Quinte Reg...

Good news for business development and enhancement in Prince Edward County this week. On Wednesday, the County's planning committee approved a rezoning for Harwood Estates Vineyard, in Hillier for the...