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Little Bluff to remain closed for 2020
Little Bluff Conservation Area will remain closed until, at the earliest, Jan. 4, 2021 for maintenance work and improvement projects. The area was closed in August due to overcrowding, garbage dumping, and non-permitted activities. “Quinte Conservation’s staff have taken time during the closure to develop an improvement strategy that consists of maintenance work to the […]
County needs more doctors; may need stronger financial incentives
With three family doctors retiring and a wait list of approximately 600 patients, The Prince Edward County Health Team (PEFHT) plans to launch its second program in three years to recruit new physicians to the team. Debbie Korzeniowski, PEFHT Executive Director, and Dr. Noah Walman, in a deputation to council, seek another recruitment partnership with […]
Canadian Armed Forces conduct exercise ‘Ready Posture’ in Mountain View
The public can expect to see a larger number of military vehicles on the roads between Kingston and Mountain View as the Canadian Forces Joint Operations Support Group conducts Exercise ‘Ready Posture’ from Oct. 13-30. “Residents in the area of Mountain View may see a relatively large movement of equipment and sea containers over several […]
Schools face staff and classroom reorganization as students choose ‘virtual learning”
The wave of students signing up for ‘virtual’ learning has the Hastings Prince Edward District School Board re-organizing classrooms and staff. Director of Education Sean Monteith told parents and guardians in a letter Friday afternoon the first five weeks of school have been remarkably successful given the challenges and realities. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Four active COVID-19 cases in Hastings Prince Edward
UPDATE SEPT 30: Case number 54 has been confirmed as local spread. The HPE Public Health has listed two more confirmed cases on Sept. 29 – numbers 55 and 56 – in Belleville and Quinte West, with transmission causes pending. There are now four active cases in the region. SEPT. 29 – The Hastings Prince […]
Smith acclaimed as PC candidate for 2022 election
The Bay of Quinte constituency association of Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario acclaimed Todd Smith as its nominee for the 2022 provincial election during a virtual nomination meeting, Saturday. Smith, who currently serves as Ontario’s Minister of Children, Community and Social Services was elected in 2018 as the first MPP for the redistributed Bay of […]
New COVID-19 case in Hastings Prince Edward
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health confirmed one new case of COVID-19 Friday. The case is the only one currently active and HPEPH states it was confirmed Sept. 24 but the transmission cause is listed as pending. On public health’s website, the case is listed as in Belleville. It is the first case in the region […]
New County hospital moves to pre-procurement stage
Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital redevelopment has been moved from the planning stage, to the pre-procurement stage. Bay of Quinte MPP Todd Smith said Infrastructure Ontario’s latest quarterly update includes analysis of projects the province has committed to through the public-private partnership funding model, including projections about timelines and cost. Some 40 projects across Ontario […]
More than 1,600 cannabis plants and property seized in Ameliasburgh
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) has seized more than 1,600 cannabis plants in Ameliasburgh ward, Prince Edward County. Its the third large seizure this month. CSCU officers, along with members of the Prince Edward County OPP Detachment, executed a search warrant on Sept. 24, on County Road 28. […]
Long way to go yet to have quality rural internet
Amid a meeting of council sprinkled with connection issues for participants, David Fell, of the Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN), said there’s still a long way to go for quality internet for most residents. Receiving his update for information, not for a decision, councillors noted the need for quality home internet has intensified for people […]
