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Cup champ helps Hawks get their hats

The COVID pandemic shut down a lot of things, including sports. Two QW Hawks clubs had made it to the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) finals this spring. The Klemencic Homes Minor Atoms and th...

Tim Durkin Oct 14, 2020 QW Minor PeeWee Cole Baird posing with Andrew Shaw and his OMHA Red Hat (Photo: Cathy Frost)

Immediate need for physicians in Prince Edward County

There is a doctor shortage locally and Prince Edward County is no exception. Council heard on Wednesday night from Prince Edward Family Health Team (PEFHT) Executive Director Debbie Korzeniowski durin...

Amanda Smith Oct 14, 2020

Little Bluff Conservation Area to stay closed until January

Quinte Conservation officials say the Little Bluff Conservation area in Prince Edward County will stay closed until at least January. The area was closed in August due to overcrowding, garbage dumping...

David Foot Oct 14, 2020 Little Bluff Conservation Area in Prince Edward County. (Photo: Submitted / Quinte Conservation)

GoFundMe set up to help family of fatal ATV crash victim

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help pay for funeral expenses and to support the family of a 16-year-old boy who was killed in an ATV accident over the Thanksgiving long weekend. Brock Beatty of Tw...

David Foot Oct 14, 2020 16 year-old Brock Beatty of Tweed died after an ATV crash on Thanksgiving long weekend 2020. (Photo: Submitted / GoFundMe.com)

Beer bottle returns boost fundraising for BGHF

The return of empty bottles to the Beer Store has continued to pay off for the Belleville General Hospital Foundation. Customers at both Belleville locations, along with stores in Tweed, Madoc, Marmor...

David Foot Oct 14, 2020 Representatives from local Beer Store outlets show off a cheque for $42,000 in donations to the Belleville General Hospital Foundation. (Photo: Submitted / BGHF)

Quinte Health Care names new CEO

Quinte Health Care has named a new Chief Executive Officer. Stacey Daub joins QHC from North York General Hospital, with experience at Headwater Health Care in Orangeville as well. Daub told an online...

David Foot Oct 14, 2020 New Quinte Health Care Chief Executive Officer Stacey Daub is introduced during an online press conference, on October 14, 2020. (Photo: Screengrab / Zoom)

A study to help palliative patients at home

Hastings-Quinte paramedics are one step closer to taking part in a proposed palliative care study. The Hastings-Quinte Emergency Measures committee considered the issue when it held a virtual meeting ...

Mary Thomas Oct 14, 2020 Hastings-Quinte Chief of Paramedic services Doug Socha (File photo: Mary Thomas/Quinte News)

Two people rescued from Joe Lake

Members of 424 Squadron were called into action Tuesday night. A Hercules and a Griffon were called after a canoe overturned at Joe Lake in Algonquin Park. Two people were taken to hospital via ambula...

Amanda Smith Oct 14, 2020

Preparing for COVID-19 and influenza

Hastings-Quinte Officials are taking steps to tighten the procedures at long term care homes as COVID-19 escalates and the flu season approaches. In her report to the the virtual meeting of the Long T...

Mary Thomas Oct 14, 2020 Hastings Manor in Belleville (Photo: Submitted)

Drugs, cell phones seized at Collins Bay

A seizure of contraband items has been made at Collins Bay Institution. On October 12, around 9:30 p.m., Correctional Service of Canada staff found a package outside the maximum security unit. The pac...

Amanda Smith Oct 14, 2020