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The owners of a Brighton chicken farm destroyed by fire may get back half of the thirty-thousand dollars they paid in landfill tipping fees. Mayor Chris Herrington says Northumberland County Council a...

The only company with a contract to put windmills in Prince Edward County says it's being well received as it goes door-to-door informing local residents of its plans. Skypower's Aaron Peters says the...

Things may finally be moving ahead for Baymount. The company which plans to build a racetrack, slot parlour and hotel on Bell Boulevard in Belleville released a financial update yesterday indicating i...

It is two strikes against Campbellford Memorial Hospital in its attempt to get county funding for a new C-T Scanner. Peterborough County Council rejected Campbellford's request yesterday for 400-thous...

Negotiations won't resume until next month between local elementary teachers and the Hastings Prince Edward District School Board. Board spokesperson Kerry Donnell says representative from the local E...

Investigators believe a fire in the Colborne area this week began while the homeowner was making hash oil. About three-hundred marijuana plants were in a house damaged by fire in Cramahe township. The...

A repatriation ceremony for the latest three Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan will be held tomorrow at CFB Trenton. An 8-Wing official says Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean, Defence Minister Peter McKa...

A Quinte West councillor fought to stop an increase during yesterday's budget deliberations by the Hastings and Prince Edward Board of Health. Councillor Craig Desjardon told the board "times are toug...

A glowing review from the Fraser Institute for two public elementary schools in Belleville. The think tank gives Sir John A. Macdonald and Foxboro Public schools a grade of 8.1 out of 10, the best mar...

C-F-B Trenton will be involved in a project developing and testing technology to disarm explosives from a safe distance. The initiative, by Defence Research and Development Canada, is one of 24 resear...