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LOOK BACK: Quinte West Chamber in the year that was

Quinte News spoke to the manager of the Quinte West Chamber of Commerce Suzanne Andrews about 2022. She says the year started more slowly than they had predicted. "Other challenges besides COVID. The ...

Tim Durkin Dec 29, 2022 Quinte West Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne Andrews speaks at the Chamber's member luncheon on January 31, 2020. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

LOOK BACK: The HPEDSB in 2022

The Director of Education for the Hastings Prince Edward District School Board spoke to Quinte News about 2022. Katherine MacIver says when she looks back on the last 12 months, she says it was a year...

Tim Durkin Dec 29, 2022 The Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board Committee of the Whole meeting on the 27th June 2022

COVID-19 outbreak confirmed at H.J. McFarland Memorial Home

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health has confirmed a facility-wide outbreak of COVID-19 at H.J. McFarland Memorial Home after two residents and four staff members tested positive. The outbreak went in...

Alana Cameron Dec 28, 2022

Signifcant Weather Event continues in PEC, County to seek financial help from province

Prince Edward County has yet to lift its Significant Weather Event declaration. The declaration was extended for at least another 24 hours Wednesday evening as cleanup from the weekend storm continues...

Alana Cameron Dec 28, 2022 (Photo: OPP Prince Edward County/Twitter)

109 kilometre winds recorded in Trenton

It was a really windy storm that rolled through the region over the Christmas weekend. Environment Canada tells Quinte News that at CFB Trenton, winds reached upwards of 109 kilometres an hour on Dece...

Zach McGibbon Dec 28, 2022 Crews continuing to work on cleanup of the snow storm. December 27, 2022. (Photo: City of Quinte West)

Emergency department at CMH closed

The Emergency Department at the Campbellford Memorial Hospital is closed until 7 p.m. tonight. This is due to an unexpected physician shortage. Those in need of emergency care are asked to call 911 or...

Zach McGibbon Dec 28, 2022

Ontario pharmacies able to prescribe for 13 common ailments

The following press release was sent in by the Ontario Ministry of Health. TORONTO - Ontario is making it more convenient for people to connect to care closer to home by launching pharmacist prescribi...

Zach McGibbon Dec 28, 2022 AL.Eyad / CC

Johnny Wilson's cymbals are silenced - Updated

(Photo:Melissa Foley) He was a fixture at Belleville Bulls games for 25 years and you always knew he was there every time a Belleville goal was scored. Jonny Wilson, better known as the "Cymbal Man," ...

Jack Miller Dec 28, 2022

Impaired charge follows collision

Belleville police responded to 60 calls for service over a 24-hour period from 5 a.m. on December 27, 2022 to 5 a.m. on December 28, 2022. Impaired On December 27, 2022 at 7:28 p.m., Belleville police...

John Spitters Dec 28, 2022

New Year's Levees in several local communities

Several local communities are kicking off 2023 with New Year's levees. It is the first time they've been held in most communities since the pandemic began. Mayor Neil Ellis and Belleville City Council...

Alana Cameron Dec 28, 2022