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County man charged in relation to online child pornography investigation
Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Child Sexual Exploitation Unit, Digital Forensics Unit and Prince Edward County OPP have arrested and charged a Wellington resident following a child sexual exploitation investigation. On Aug. 26, 2021, police executed a search warrant at a Wellington home and seized several electronic devices. A 51-year-old man was arrested […]
Five new COVID-19 cases; 34 active; vaccine clinics continue
AUG. 31 – Five new COVID-19 cases were reported, along with 10 recoveries, putting the Hastings Prince Edward counties active case load at 34. Of the new cases, two are in Belleville and one each are reported in Prince Edward County, Quinte West and Centre Hastings. All were unvaccinated. Of the 34 active cases, 13 […]
OPP arrest man in relation to honour box thefts at road side stands
UPDATE: Prince Edward County Detachment and the East Region Community Street Crime Unit have charged a 43-year-old Picton man with two counts under the Criminal Code (theft under $5,000) in relation to a series of thefts reported from road side farm stands in the County. Const. Richard Martin reports the accused was released on an […]
Decisions made for streets with no name
AUG 17: UPDATE: Street names proposed by developers that were not people’s names were approved by council following discussion on council’s intent to follow the guidelines of the coming street naming policies. In the remaining cases, the assigning of names from the cenotaph lists was approved to allow the developers to move forward on connecting […]
Approval of revisions repeal interim cannabis control bylaw
Council is being asked to repeal its interim cannabis control bylaw as draft revisions to regulate production and processing are to be presented at Tuesday night’s meeting. UPDATE: Approved. An interim bylaw was passed last September due to land use conflicts and increased concern of growing operations thoughout the municipality. It put a freeze on […]
Group hopes intervention will change dial from demolition to repurposing historic Sandbanks houses
UPDATE: A letter from the mayor has been authorized. Councillors Ernie Margetson and John Hirsch are seeking support of peers at Tuesday night’s council meeting to authorize the mayor to send a letter requesting the Ministry of the Environment Conservation and Parks choose innovation options to preserve, and not demolish, the historic Hyatt and MacDonald […]
Macaulay Mountain among conservation areas facing influx of vandalism
Quinte Conservation’s public green spaces – including Macaulay Mountain – have been experiencing an influx of vandalism and property damage this summer. “Aside from the usual incidents of garbage dumping, illegal camping, and damage to natural areas caused by visitors and off-leash pets straying from designated trails, most notably, it has been the intentional destruction […]
Public Health honours Loyalist for COVID-19 clinic efforts to vaccinate 50,000 people
More than 50,000 vaccines were administered at Loyalist College’s immunization centre – the first to be set up in the region March 1, and the first to close on Aug. 6. The college and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health acknowledged invaluable contributions of faculty, staff, students, recent graduates, and health care professionals at the College’s […]
Environmental testing continues near Mountain View
The Department of National Defence is continuing to provide bottled water and working toward implementing solutions for nearby properties until third party experts can confirm if well issues are related to contaminates found in May at the Canadian Forces Detachment Mountain View site. During routine environmental monitoring work, poly- and perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) were found […]
Loyalist appoints former director of education as senior vice-president
Sean Monteith, former director of education for Hastings Prince Edward, has been named senior vice-president academic at Loyalist College. Monteith was also formerly director of education for the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board. “Sean is widely known throughout Ontario’s education system as an inspired leader and advocate for student-centred learning, and we are grateful that he […]
