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NOTICE: HPEPH issues heat warning

Notice: Public Health Heat Warning Hastings and Prince Edward Counties / June 28, 2021 - Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is issuing a heat warning to advise residents of Hastings and Prince Edwar...

Alana Cameron Jun 28, 2021

Public transportaion $ for BOQ, Northumberland ridings

More than $330,000 in provincial money is going to Prince Edward County and Quinte West for public transportation. Bay of Quinte MPP Todd Smith says the County will receive $185,600 with $145,500 goin...

Alana Cameron Jun 28, 2021 Bay of Quinte riding MPP Todd Smith. (Photo: MPP Smith's office)

No Applefest in 2021

Brighton's Applefest is being cancelled for a second year, however, organizers aren't ruling out a smaller community event. The organizing committee made the difficult decision to cancel the annual Se...

Alana Cameron Jun 28, 2021

Belleville's first female fire chief sworn in

It was a milestone day in Belleville on Monday as the city's first female fire chief was sworn in. Monique Belair was sworn in at a ceremony at City Hall attended by city council, Bay of Quinte MP Nei...

Alana Cameron Jun 28, 2021 New Belleville Fire Chief, Monique Belair is sworn in by Mayor Mitch Panciuk in a ceremony at City Hall, June 28,2021. (Photo: Quinte News/Alana Cameron)

RELEASE: New VCDS takes command

News Release Lieutenant-General Allen assumes the role of the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff June 28, 2021 - Ottawa - National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces Today, Lieutenant-General Frances...

Alana Cameron Jun 28, 2021

Some transportation services receive boost

The provincial government is providing more money for public transportation in Hastings-Lennox and Addington riding. MPP Daryl Kramp says Deseronto will receive over $135,000 over two years and the Co...

John Spitters Jun 28, 2021 Hastings Lennox and Addington MPP Daryl Kramp

Donors recognized by PECMHF

Without community financial support, hospitals would not have the equipment needed to provide quality health care. And Friday, the 117 donors to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation w...

John Spitters Jun 28, 2021 From left: Stacey Daub, president and CEO of Quinte Health Care; Cheryl Minaker, RN and team leader for the QHC PECMH Emergency Department; Shelley Egan-Jones from Patient Registration; Shannon Coull, executive director of the PECMH Foundation; Barbara McConnell, chairperson of the PECMH Foundation; Lisa Mowbray, patient services manager and site lead for QHC PECMH and Jessie Armstrong, RN in the ER. (Photo: Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation.)

RELEASE: Bancroft OPP launch Project Safe Trade

The Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to inform community members of the local launch of the Project Safe Trade in the Bancroft area. The purpose of Project Safe Tr...

John Spitters Jun 28, 2021 Bancroft Community Safety and Wellbeing Committee Chair Charles Mullett (centre), Staff Sergeant Jeff MacKinnon (left) and Provincial Constable Susanne Cox. (Photo: Bancroft OPP)

RELEASE: More contraband seized at Kingston prison

News Release For Immediate Release Seizure of contraband and unauthorized items at Collins Bay Institution June 28, 2021-Kingston, Ontario-Correctional Service Canada On June 23,2021, due to the vigil...

Alana Cameron Jun 28, 2021

RELEASE: CAF opens new Canadian headquarters in Latvia

New Canadian Headquarters Building Opens in Latvia The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) task force deployed in Latvia officially opened their new headquarters building today at a ceremony nea...

Alana Cameron Jun 28, 2021