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Northumberland OPP warn of Canada Post phishing scam
Northumberland OPP are warning of a scam circulating in the area. According to the police, people are soliciting personal information under the guise of working for Canada Post. Police are warning to ...
Aron Locke Feb 24, 2021
Quinte Economic Development Commission receiving RED funding
The Quinte Economic Development Commission has received $47,600 to raise awareness of the region's manufacturing sector. The Rural Economic Development fund has announced that 16 projects have been se...
Aron Locke Feb 24, 2021
Sick leave $$$ available: MPP Smith
Bay of Quinte MPP Todd Smith says the province has an agreement with the federal government regarding paid sick days if workers are ill or need to self-isolate. Smith made the statement to Quinte News...
Mary Thomas Feb 24, 2021 Bay of Quinte MPP Todd Smith during Question Period at Queen's Park (Photo: Queen's Park livestream)
Memorial Market Place plans move ahead
With the lifting of the latest COVID-19 lockdowns, plans for the Memorial Market Place in downtown Belleville are moving ahead. Taskforce Engineering had put a temporary pause on leasing efforts for t...
Mary Thomas Feb 24, 2021 (Photo: memorialmarketplace.ca)
Campaigning for paid sick leave
A Belleville and district group has added its voice to the call for provincial legislation to provide paid sick days for workers. The Canadian Federation of University Women Belleville and District ha...
Mary Thomas Feb 24, 2021
Impaired driving charges after cars hit snowbanks in Quinte West
Two similiar crashes in Quinte West in recent days have both led to impaired driving charges. The first happened on Monday night around 7:30 p.m., with OPP officers responding to Hollandale Avenue in ...
David Foot Feb 24, 2021
Four new cases in HPE, three new in Northumberland, two in local schools
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is reporting four new cases of COVID-19 in the area today and three recoveries, for a total of 14 active cases. Three of the new cases were transmitted through clo...
David Foot Feb 24, 2021
Province investing in accelerated PSW program for Ontario colleges
The Ontario Government is trying to address a need for more personal support workers by investing $115 million in training at colleges across the province, including Loyalist. The Accelerated PSW Prog...
David Foot Feb 24, 2021 The main entrance to the Kente Building at Loyalist College in Belleville. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)
RELEASE: Local print shop and Rotary Club "back the build" for new PEC hospital
Even though fences are the theme of the Picton Rotary 2021 cash calendar, the decision to support the new hospital campaign wasn't something a local business owner needed to sit on the fence about. He...
David Foot Feb 24, 2021 L-R: Heather VanVlack, owner of Printcraft; Briar Boyce, senior development officer with the PECMH Foundation; Nancy Parks, Back the Build campaign co-chair; Shannon Coull, executive director of the PECMH Foundation; John Clarke, president of the Rotary Club of Picton and Rick Jones, Picton Rotarian. (Photo: Karen Whitfield)
Local agencies making an IMPACT on police response to mental health and addictions calls
Representatives from Addictions and Mental Health Services have announced just over $1 million in funding from the Local Health Integration Network and the Ontario Ministry of Health, to implement a n...
David Foot Feb 24, 2021 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)