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The new multiplex recreation community centre in Belleville has helped more than quadruple the value of construction activity in the city so far this year. Building permits for projects worth 34-milli...

A lethal fungus discovered west of Bancroft, responsible for decimating bat populations in the northeastern United States is spreading. The fungus doesn't kill bats, but it's believed to be linked to ...

A twenty-year-old Peterborough man faces charges after refusing to stop in a stolen vehicle from Napanee for O-P-P near Woodstock... An officer tried to pull over a speeding pickup truck on the 4-0-1 ...

The federal government is investing in the manufacturing sector in the Quinte, Peterborough, Northumberland and Lindsay areas. Peterborough M-P Dean Del Mastro announced 1.55-million dollars, to be us...

Another big jump in the unemployment rate in Hastings-Prince Edward and other parts of Eastern Ontario. Statistics Canada says the figure hit 9.6 per cent last month in the local region and in Lennox ...

Madoc Township council may make people responsible for grass fires caused by outdoor burning pay for the cost of putting them out. A March 27th fire on Harts Road cost the fire department almost eight...

The Director of the Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco has once again sounded the alarm about young people getting contraband cigarettes from Tyendinaga. Michael Perley commented today, just after...

There will be an election for public school trustee in Brighton, Cramahe Township and Murray Ward this October. Mike Filip of the Castleton area has filed his nomination papers, joining incumbent Cynd...

A new five-unit townhouse has helped boost the value of building activity in Brighton. A permit for the 800-thousand dollar building on Chapel Street was approved at the municipal office last month. C...

The Hastings-Prince Edward Medical Officer of Health is critical of the timing of the 37-million dollar federal advertising and communications blitz about the H1N1 flu. Doctor Richard Schabas says muc...