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Sophiasburgh School students win provincial Battery Blitz recycling contest
Sophiasburgh Central School was announced as the winning school in Call2Recycle’s Spring 2024 Battery Blitz contest – collecting more than 821 kilograms of used batteries. There were 89 participating elementary schools throughout Ontario that together collected more than 11,000 kilograms of used batteries. “We are incredibly proud of our students for how hard they’ve worked […]
11 suspected drug-related poisonings within two hours in Belleville
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (HPEPH) and the Belleville Police Service are notifying the public of 11 suspected drug-related poisonings that took place in Belleville on Tuesday, Oct. 29 in the span of two hours. “This number of drug-related poisonings is exceptionally high for a single day and suggests that there is dangerous contamination present […]
Person pronounced deceased in County Road 11 incident
On Monday, Oct. 28, shortly after 8 a.m., Prince Edward OPP officers, Prince Edward County Fire and Rescue and Hastings Quinte EMS responded to a single vehicle incident on County Road 11. They located a vehicle fully engulfed in fire and extinguished the blaze. The driver was pronounced deceased at the scene. The investigation continues […]
Sophiasburgh property preferred site to manage organic waste
The County has chosen the rear portion of the Sophiasburgh Works garage property as the preferred location for a proposed site to manage organic waste. The municipality will present preliminary results of the organics management feasibility study at a public information centre Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the Sophiasburgh Town Hall (2771 County Road 5, Demorestville) […]
Funding application for County Road 49 sent to province
Decisions for work to fix County Road 49 could be on the budget table for next year – conditional on the successful application for $20 million in provincial funding. Council Tuesday night directed the mayor and the County Road 49 Working Group to continue to advocate for federal government funding – and support from everywhere […]
Strategy forming for improved access to doctors
Strategy for improved access to doctors for residents of Prince Edward and Hastings counties was explained to council Tuesday night by Barinder Gill, representing the Hastings Prince Edward Ontario Health Team (HPE OHT). Gill is also Executive Director of the Prince Edward Family Health Team. About 30 per cent of all lower acuity emergency department […]
Call to go out for new integrity commissioner
Council has agreed to seek a new integrity commissioner for the County. A London area lawyer Robert Swayze has served the role to uphold council’s code of conduct here since 2016, and for several other municipalities throughout the province. Councillor Chris Braney brought the motion forward suggesting “it is time for a change”. In September, […]
905-unit Sandy Hook sub-division denied at council
UPDATE OCT. 22: Amendments which would allow the project to move forward were presented at Tuesday night’s council meeting and lost in a 7-7 tie vote. The original motion from the planning meeting to deny the application was presented again, and lost in an 8-6 vote. It lost at planning in a tie 6-6 with […]
MPP Allsopp assumes seat at Queen’s Park, gains Parliamentary Assistant role
As the Ontario legislative resumed business today, Tyler Allsopp was formally affirmed as the Bay of Quinte Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) and later in the day, was also affirmed as the Parliamentary Assistant to Minister of Long-Term Care Natalia Kusendova-Bashta. To mark the occasion, Allsopp released a statement. “It was an incredible experience to […]
A ‘gourd’ time as Pumpkinfest weighs-in with family fun
Story and photos by Sharon Harrison It was a gourd day in Wellington Saturday, and a very packed one, with brilliant fall foliage indicating the time of year for the annual Prince Edward County Pumpkinfest, followed by the equally world-famous Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off. The morning started off under a misty and overcast sky that soon […]
