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Trailer theft in Bancroft

On April 15, 2021 shortly after 9:00 a.m., officers from the Bancroft OPP received a report of a theft from a business on Hastings Street North in the Town of Bancroft. Investigation revealed that som...

Tim Durkin Apr 16, 2021

Province supporting two local LTC homes with cash for HVAC and automation upgrades

A couple of long term care homes in the area are getting some provincial government support for significant upgrades. MPP Daryl Kramp announced $982,375 for Hastings Centennial Manor in Bancroft and $...

David Foot Apr 16, 2021 Centennial Manor in Bancroft (Photo: Submitted/Hastings County)

B-Sens 2-0 in Calgary

(Parker Kelly #27 congratulated by teammates after his short handed goal gave Belleville a 3-0 lead) The Belleville Senators are finding their first trip to Calgary's Saddledome to their liking. The B...

Jack Miller Apr 16, 2021

Two youngsters arrested after damage to commercial vehicle

Two local youngsters have been charged by Belleville police after complaints of people breaking into a commercial vehicle on Station Street early this morning. Officers responded around 1:45 a.m. and ...

David Foot Apr 16, 2021

McDougall Family Fund contest back for 2021

A local insurance company is once again handing out cash for a trio of worthy community-based projects. The 2021 McDougall Family Fund contest opens May 1, with a total of $10,000 to be awarded to any...

David Foot Apr 16, 2021

Energy-from-waste project makes pitch to PEC

The group lobbying area politicians for money for a feasibility study into a regional energy-from-waste facility made its pitch to Prince Edward County Committee of the Whole on Thursday. The group is...

Alana Cameron Apr 15, 2021 Prince Edward County Committee of the Whole meeting via Zoom, April 15th, 2021.

PEC tourism management plan shaping up.

Prince Edward County Council passed two more pieces of its Tourism Management Plan on Thursday. Sitting as Committee of the Whole, council decided to move ahead with plans to improve amenities ...

Alana Cameron Apr 15, 2021

Four arrested after early morning drug bust in Quinte West

Four people have been arrested as part of a drug bust in Quinte West. OPP and various tactical units searched a home on Nichols Road early Thursday morning and found suspected cocaine, crystal meth, f...

David Foot Apr 15, 2021 OPP and various tactical units searched a home on Nichols Road early in the morning on April 15, 2021. They found suspected cocaine, crystal meth, fentanyl, cash and a loaded handgun. (Photo: Submitted / Quinte West OPP)

Oglaza pushing province to continue full vaccine delivery to HPE

The Medical Officer of Health for Hastings Prince Edward says the local vaccine rollout has been slower than in some parts of the province and an announced cutback in doses being delivered here won't ...

David Foot Apr 15, 2021 Dr Piotr Oglaza, Medical Officer of Health and CEO, HPEPH at the Loyalist College COVID-19 vaccine clinic (Photo: Ben Quaiff, Loyalist College)

20 new cases in HPE today, with nine new in Northumberland

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is reporting 20 new cases of COVID-19 in the area today, with 22 recoveries. The number of active cases sits at 148. Ten of the new cases were found in Belleville,...

David Foot Apr 15, 2021