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Ontario Government wants your input on municipal codes of conduct

The Ontario Government is looking for input on municipal codes of conduct. The province is launching a 90-day consultation looking at ways to "better ensure that municipalities, councillors and heads ...

David Foot Apr 14, 2021 GotCredit / CC

Putting the homeless names on a list

A system is being devised to provide a list of the names of the homeless in Hastings County. Director Erin Rivers told a meeting of the Community and Social Services committee on Wednesday that the na...

Mary Thomas Apr 14, 2021 Director of Community and Human Services Erin Rivers (Photo: Quinte News)

13 new cases and 23 recoveries in Hastings Prince Edward on Wednesday

HPE Public Health is reporting 13 new cases of COVID-19, along with 23 recoveries today, leaving the total number of active cases in the area at 150. Five of the new cases were found in Belleville, fo...

David Foot Apr 14, 2021

OPP make another big pot bust in an area commercial building

A day after Belleville Police found more than 7,000 marijuana plants in an east end industrial building, police in Quinte West have made a similar discovery. Members of the Provincial Joint Forces Can...

David Foot Apr 14, 2021 $1.2 million worth of cannabis was found by OPP after a recent search of a commercial property on Harrington Road in Quinte West. (Photo: Twitter / @OPP_ER)

Long Term Care seeking easier COVID-19 vaccine access

Hastings County Long Term Care officials say there's a problem in getting staff registered for COVID-19 vaccine appointments. Long Term Care Director Debbie Rollins told a meeting of the Long Term Car...

Mary Thomas Apr 14, 2021

More vandalism at Little Bluff Conservation Area

Quinte Conservation says there has been more vandalism at the Little Bluff Conservation Area in Prince Edward County. Sometime between April 9 and April 13, someone spray painted the brand new entranc...

David Foot Apr 14, 2021 Someone spray painted the newly-installed signage at the entrance to Little Bluff Conservation Area in Prince Edward County, sometime between April 9 and April 13, 2021. (Photo: Submitted / Quinte Conservation)

Belleville homelessness survey to begin next week

Members of the community who are experiencing homelessness are being asked to take part in a survey next week which aims to provide a "snapshot" of the situation in Belleville. The anonymous survey is...

David Foot Apr 14, 2021 Daniel Lobo

VARAK organizers announce 2021 Kindness Citizen of the Year winners

The award winners from the recent Violence Awareness and Random Acts of Kindness Week have been announced. This year's Kindness Citizen of the Year is Reta Dobbs of Quinte West, who has been a longtim...

David Foot Apr 14, 2021 Reta Dobbs of Quinte West (right) is the 2021 Kindess Citizen of the year, while Albert College Student Danna Valdes Bustamante (left) was named the 2021 High School Kindness Citizen of the Year. (Photo: Submitted / VARAK)

Conservative Party to seek HL&A board revocation

A local federal Conservative riding association could be dissolved. Hastings Lennox and Addington Riding President Carlo Petracca tells Quinte News, he has received a letter from the national party, s...

News Apr 14, 2021 H-L&A MP Derek Sloan is running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada. He spoke to the Bay of Quinte AGM at the Belleville Club (Photo: Bay of Quinte Conservative EDA)

Murder charges laid in Trent Hills death

Two people have been charged in connection with a death in Trent Hills. On the evening of Saturday March 27, Northumberland OPP responded to a Trent Hills home, where a Campbellford man was found unre...

Tim Durkin Apr 14, 2021