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A small bump upward in the unemployment rate in Hastings-Prince Edward and other eastern ontario counties. Statistics Canada says the figure last month was 9 per cent, compared to 8.9 in January. Ther...

Fire has heavily damaged an industrial building in Brighton. Fire Chief Lloyd Hutchinson says firefighters fought the blaze in an electrical building-maintenance shop at the Saint Mary's Cement quarry...

Drug paraphernalia has been seized from eight young people in Madoc, with one person facing charges. Central Hastings O-P-P and Project Longarm Officers conducted patrols yesterday and confiscated the...

The suspect in a double murder in Mountain View has been arrested in Trenton. Jay Miller of Millbro Automotive saw a young man in the back of an O-P-P cruiser near his shop on Dundas Street East short...

An alleged suspect, in the shooting of three people in the Mountain View area, is believed to have been arrested in Trenton. Jay Miller of Millbro Automotive on Dundas Street East says OPP arrested a ...

Three people are believed to have been shot and killed in an early morning incident in Prince Edward County that has sparked a massive manhunt into Trenton and possibly now into Brighton. OPP Sergeant...

Three people are believed to have been shot and killed in an early morning incident in Prince Edward County that has sparked a massive manhunt into Trenton. OPP Sergeant Kristine Rae will confirm they...

A major police investigation has spread from Prince Edward County and has resulted in streets in Trenton being shutdown this morning. The Loyalist Parkway in Prince Edward County was blocked by OPP of...

A 'bounty-ful' discussion on a program to cull coyotes and wolves by members of Prince Edward County Council's Committee of the Whole yesterday. It was close....with councillors voting 8-7 in favour o...

Cutting back budgets can be tough, and members of Prince Edward County Council didn't have the heart to further slice the budget of its public library system. The library's budget came in at 7.3 perce...