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Public health advises avoiding travel to other regions; HPE remains in green/prevent zone
While Hastings and Prince Edward counties remain in the green/prevent zone of Ontario’s COVID-19 Response Framework for another week, the local public health is advising residents to avoid non-essential travel into other areas. As the province reported 1,418 more cases of COVID-19 Friday, Premier Doug Ford announced that Toronto and Peel will be put into […]
Hospital foundation announces team tasked with raising $16.5M for County’s new hospital
The Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation has assembled a team of prominent leaders in business, health care and the community to spearhead the effort to raise $16.5M for Prince Edward County’s new hospital. “These community champions have been playing an important role in supporting the Foundation’s Back the Build campaign to solicit and secure […]
County to investigate process to return island to Bay of Quinte Mohawks
UPDATE: A wait of some 15 years for answers may be ending as council directed staff to create a report detailing required steps, in consultation with the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, for the repatriation process to facilitate the return of Forester’s Island to the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte. The report is […]
Letter will state a roundabout is needed at County Road 1 and Hwy 62
The County’s Traffic Advisory Committee has requested the municipality write the Ministry of Transportation to seek action to address the dangerous intersection at Hwy 62 and County Road 1 – specifically recommending a roundabout be constructed. The advisory committee stated it has received background information from Peter Moyer, Director of Development Services, on conversations with […]
Enhanced broadband internet fund includes underserved Bay of Quinte: MP Ellis
Following delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bay of Quinte MP Neil Ellis reports the Liberal government is now on track to connect 98 per cent of Canadians to high-speed internet by 2026. “COVID-19 has altered everything about our way of life. It has exposed and compounded existing inequalities and vulnerabilities and has hit rural […]
$556,270 to support nurse staffing at Quinte Health Care hospitals
Todd Smith, MPP for Bay of Quinte, announced Quinte Health Care will receive $556,270 to help address staffing needs during the pandemic, in one-time funding through the Nursing Graduate Guarantee initiative. The province introduced the program to prioritize recruitment and training within long-term care homes and acute care settings where surgical backlogs exist as a […]
Three face additional charges in Picton death
Prince Edward County OPP have laid additional charges in connection with a death in Picton earlier this year. On July 2, shortly before 5 a.m., officers responded to a report of a sudden death at a home on Mary Street in Picton. Leanne Champion, 47, pronounced deceased. A post mortem examination and testing at Ontario […]
One new COVID-19 cases; five active in Hastings Prince Edward region
NOV 3: One new coronavirus case (#82) has been reported for Nov. 3 in Quinte West. Cause for transmission is pending. There are now five active lab-confirmed cases. NOV 2: Three new coronavirus cases over the weekend in the region were documented Monday. Transmission for case number 79 is noted as local while transmission for […]
Citizens concerned with Halfmoon Point resort concept on environmentally-sensitive land
A concept for a residential and resort development at Halfmoon Point (County Road 13 near Long Point) could crumble before its created . The preliminary design was presented to Committee of the Whole Thursday (for information purposes, not a decision) and met with concern from councillors and four deputents over its placement in a designated […]
Ontario provides $2.8M for transitional hospital beds at QHC
Quinte Health Care (QHC) hospitals will receive $2,813,000 from the province to fund up to 29 additional transitional care beds and enhance Intensive Care Unit capacity. Bay of Quinte MPP Todd Smith made the announcement Wednesday, noting the beds will be allocated based on the greatest need among the four hospitals. “This funding bolsters their […]
