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Loyalist College receives national grant to continue natural products research
(Submitted to Quinte News) Loyalist College is proud to announce that its Centre for Natural Products (CNP), formerly known as the Centre for Natural Products and Medical Cannabis (CNPMC), has been awarded a $1.75M grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to renew its national ...
Jun 14, 2024
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Big week of celebration coming up in Prince Edward County
PECelebrates, a celebration of community, cultures and Canada, will take place from June 21 to July 1 across Prince Edward County. The celebration features a variety of events and activities that mark Indigenous History Month, Indigenous Persons Day, Pride Month, Multiculturalism Day, and Canada Day. "I am looking...
Jun 14, 2024
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Celebrating bees and more during Pollinator Week
June 17-23 is Belleville Pollinator Week. Councillor Chris Malette, chair of the city's Green Task Force, made the declaration at Monday's meeting of council. "Pollinator species such as birds and insects are essential partners of farmers and ranchers and producing much of our food supply. Pollination plays a vita...
Jun 14, 2024
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Eat, Shop, Play, and now Stay with Homestead Marketplace
Homestead Marketplace had its official ribbon cutting on Friday morning. MORE BELOW
Jun 14, 2024
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Brawl on Bleecker
There was a big brawl Thursday night in east end Belleville. City police responded in numbers after a report of about 20 people fighting at a Bleecker Avenue address. After separating the combatants, police charged 31-year-old Eric Parrinder with assault. As wel,l a 27-year-old woman from Bayside and a 48-year-old man ...
Jun 14, 2024
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Free fishing Father's Day weekend
If you'd like to try your luck at some fishing this weekend you won't need an Ontario Outdoor Card. In celebration of Father's Day the province is allowing anyone to fish free of charge. All you'll need is valid identification. Several fish species are in season including pickerel, pike, and yellow perch. Bass season o...
Jun 14, 2024
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Brush fire near Trenton
Quinte West Fire Department made quick work of a brush fire Friday. South Murray Ward firefighters were called out to the fire on Carrying Place Road near the CB Freezers plant at 5 a.m. The brush fire was out in less than an hour. No injuries were reported.
Jun 14, 2024
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Military trash bash
424 Search and Rescue Squadron at 8 Wing Trenton will be taking part in a different sort of military exercise Friday morning. Firearms will not be involved but gloves and garbage bags will be. Squadron members will be out along both sides of RCAF Road between the train tracks and the traffic roundabout picking up and d...
Jun 14, 2024
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Quinte region escapes brunt of storm
While there were quite a few scattered power outages caused by Thursday night's thunderstorm there are very few homes and businesses without power this morning in the Quinte region. There's an outage affecting fewer than 20 customers around Shannonville, several outages around Campbellford affecting 160 homes and busin...
Jun 14, 2024
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Storm causes issues in Quinte West
Firefighters from both Murray Ward halls in Quinte West were kept busy during Thursday night's storm. Crews from the south Murray hall responded to a stubborn fire in a contractor's wood chip pile on Loyalist Parkway at around 9 o'clock. That fire was eventually put out. And while that was going on, firefighters from t...
Jun 14, 2024