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The 120 volunteer firefighters in Quinte West have accepted a new three-year contract. Christian Labour Association of Canada official Ian DeWaard says the volunteers voted 82 per cent last night in f...

A new contract for 160 Case Managers with the Southeast Community Care Access centre is now official. The Board of Directors yesterday ratified the two-year-deal, which the workers have already voted ...

The Kawartha-Pine Ridge School board is expected to present a new contract offer to its elementary teachers tomorrow. Provincial teachers association president David Clegg told over 200 teachers in Pe...

Several places in the Quinte area are involved in a new program aimed at diverting hazardous household waste like old batteries from Ontario landfills by returning it to the store. Many municipalities...

If Stirling/Rawdon Council made one decision at last night's public meeting on policing, it was this......they will ask for a costing to provide the service from the OPP. Shows of hands from the 150 p...

Windmills would not be anywhere near people if a group in Prince Edward County got its way. The Alliance to Protect Prince Edward County was one of three groups invited to speak at a public informatio...

Doctors in Prince Edward County apparently aren't taking proposed cuts to their hospital sitting down....and, the Mayor appears ready to back them. Mayor Leo Finnegan telling a public meeting on green...

The Canadian Bankers Association is issuing a 10-thousand dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of a Belleville bank robber. The man dubbed the "Pace Bandit" held up the Scotiabank at Qu...

Police arrested a couple of aggressive women in Belleville yesterday, including an alleged prostitute in the downtown. The 23-year old woman was charged under the safe streets act for soliciting sex i...

Belleville Police recommend you grin and bear the cold, if you're planning on letting your car run to warm it up. This morning, a car was stolen from a residence on Bridge Street West as it was warmin...