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Surprising facts about our water consumption

April 14, 2016 at 12:51 pm

By Isaiah Mawhinney BELLEVILLE – Water is one of Earth’s most natural resources, people will be surprised to find out where it’s used in products other than food and hygiene.[…]

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What are you really drinking?

April 14, 2016 at 12:48 pm

By Charlotte McParland We all sometimes pretend to ignore what’s in our favourite guilty pleasures because that’s exactly what they are. But whether it’s your morning coffee, cocktails with the[…]

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LIVE CHAT: Head Lice Controversy

April 11, 2016 at 2:05 pm

Given the recent controversy in the change in the school policy surrounding head lice, local parents have gathered to create a Facebook petition trying to reverse this decision. We will[…]

Local

Feelings run high at Our TMH information session

April 7, 2016 at 2:34 pm

By Brock Ormond TRENTON – Proceedings got heated and opinions were in abundance last week at a public information meeting held by supporters of Trenton Memorial Hospital. A solid crowd packed Quinte West city[…]

Local

New information on Zika is scarce, but virus remains a concern: Schabas

April 7, 2016 at 10:59 am

By Brendan Burke BELLEVILLE – The likelihood of the Quinte region seeing a Zika virus outbreak is very low, but the risk of exposure for travellers visiting infected areas remains a[…]

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Prince Edward County at high risk for disease-carrying ticks: health officials

April 6, 2016 at 2:16 pm

By Tara Henley BELLEVILLE – Public-health inspector Aptie Sookoo had members of the local board of health in shivers on Wednesday morning. Sookoo presented a report revealing that Prince Edward County is[…]

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Picton man learned to survive brain injury one day at a time

March 26, 2016 at 11:02 am

By Angus Argyle BELLEVILLE – It was only five months after his graduation from Loyalist College that Randy Vincent’s life changed forever. Vincent, a Prince Edward County native, was on[…]

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Love the skin that you’re in

March 7, 2016 at 2:33 pm

By Courtney Bell BELLEVILLE – Loyalist students have a chance at a free skin consultation on Tuesday. Valérie Plante from Dermalogica is coming to the college to provide free skin[…]

Local

Quinte West delegates protest move of surgeries from TMH

February 26, 2016 at 12:15 pm

By Joseph Quigley BELLEVILLE – The plan to move day surgeries out of Trenton Memorial Hospital has outraged members of the Quinte West community and prompted local politicians to seek answers[…]

Community

Parents express their frustration over head lice

February 26, 2016 at 9:32 am

By Selena Steele-Clough BELLEVILLE – Parents are ready to take the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board to court if they don’t change a new procedure allowing students with[…]

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