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Big news for PEC south shore

An announcement Thursday deep down in Prince Edward County is sure to make nature lovers smile. The Point Petre Provincial Wildlife area and Ostrander Crown Land Block are on their way to becoming off...

Aron Locke Sep 10, 2020

Dukes add speed to forward group

The Wellington Dukes have added a small, but speedy forward for the upcoming season. They've acquired 20 year-old Tyler Ignazzitto from the Collingwood Colts, in exchange for a player development fee....

David Foot Sep 10, 2020 Tyler Ignazzitto was acquired by the Wellington Dukes on September 10, 2020. (Photo: TimBates / OJHL Images)

Police looking for suspicious man around Stoco Lake

OPP aren't releasing much information but say they're looking for a suspicious man involved in an incident in the Tweed area last week. Police say it happened in the Stoco Lake area sometime over the ...

David Foot Sep 10, 2020 (Photo: Twitter / @OPP_ER)

"We're not going until we get answers into my son's death"

Mother Tammy Maracle says she is not leaving the Tyendinaga Police property, until there is a new investigation into her son's death. On April 26, 2015, Tyler Maracle (21) and friend Matthew Fairman (...

Tim Durkin Sep 10, 2020

More contraband found at Collins Bay Institution

Staff at Collins Bay Institution have found two packages of contraband in the prison's medium security unit. Corrections Officers found the packages around 9:30 p.m. last Saturday (September 5), which...

David Foot Sep 10, 2020

Wing Commander's Golf Classic puts the FUN in fun-draising

COVID-19 did not stop the tee off at the 21st annual Wing Commander's Golf Tournament in support of the United Way Hastings and Prince Edward County. Base Commander Colonel Ryan Deming says it is the ...

Tim Durkin Sep 10, 2020

OPP make plea for tips on murder of man near Colborne

Northumberland OPP have put out a video on Twitter pleading for information from the public on an ongoing murder investigation from earlier this year. Seventy-two-year-old Boyd Woods was found dead in...

David Foot Sep 10, 2020 In a screen grab from a video posted on Twitter, OPP Detective Inspector Serge Acay makes a plea for information into the May 2020 murder of 72 year-old Boyd Woods, east of Colborne. (Photo: Twitter / @OPP_CR)

Belleville Chamber cancels weekend event in Zwick's Park

The Belleville Chamber of Commerce has had to cancel an event planned for West Zwick's Park this weekend because of the ongoing pandemic. Chamber boss Jill Raycroft says they've been told by public he...

David Foot Sep 10, 2020

Open season on Cormorants

Hunting season opens on September 15 for a water fowl well known in the Quinte region and elsewhere. Late in July the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry John Yakabuski announced a fall hunt fo...

John Spitters Sep 10, 2020 ljmacphee / CC

Surprise there's no driver

Some parents and students in the Norwood area dealt with a surprise issue this morning (Thursday). Six school buses running to the Catholic elementary school in Norwood didn't show up. The reason? A s...

John Spitters Sep 10, 2020