Archive for January, 2009
Posted on Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Napanee OPP have made a couple of arrests following a RIDE check last night.
They say a 23-year old Newburgh man was charged with over 80 miligrams after he tested positive back at the station.
Meanwhile police stopped a red truck after two motorists reported it was driving erratically and was all over the road.
A 65-Year old Newburgh man faces impaired driving charges.
Police also conducted a radar check aand charged a driver with going 82 km/h in a 50 zone.
Posted on Saturday, January 31st, 2009
An unidentified suspect will appear in court Monday after being arrested and slappde with nine charges including assault and possession of restricted weapons.
Belleville police arrested the man after responding to a domestic dispute in the city’s West End.
They say the suspect reportedly pointed a gun at a female.
A search of the location was conducted by police and they found two handguns.
Posted on Saturday, January 31st, 2009
The lockdown continues at Warkworth Institution.
Media was notified of the lockdown around 5:30 last night and prison officials say it’s in the interet of safety and security while an exceptional search for contraband takes place.
All normal operations at the facility have been suspended until the search is finished.
Visits to Warkworth have also been cancelled until the facility reopens when management feels it’s safe to do so.
Posted on Friday, January 30th, 2009
A huge seizure of illegal cigarettes near Colborne.
The O-P-P say an officer on patrol noticed a vehicle running in the carpool lot at Percy Street and Highway 4-0-1 at 3-30 this morning. Further investigation revealed the man in the car was transporting 200-thousand cigarettes.
Thirty-one-year-old Ryan Bero of the Akwesasne First Nation, near Cornwall, is charged under the Ontario Tobacco Act.
The cigarettes were seized by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Posted on Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Public High School Teachers in Napanee, Odessa, Cloyne and Kingston have a new four-year contract.
The teachers and the Limestone School Board have ratified a deal that includes three per cent salary increases each year, improvements to group benefits and staffing, and class size adjustments.
The contract effects 535 teachers, members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation.
Posted on Thursday, January 29th, 2009
The Quinte Healthcare Corporate members have sent a clear message to Q-H-C, that they don’t want hospital cutbacks.
Prince Edward County Mayor Leo Finnegan says about 100 people braved yesterday’s snowstorm for a members meeting in Picton with hospital officials.
He says Q-H-C made a power point presentation of the three options to reduce a projected 15-million-dollar deficit, and then one of the corporate members suggested a straw vote be held on each of the options, and there was no support for any of the three.
Finnegan says it is obvious Quinte Healthcare will have to rework plans to close beds and make other reductions in Picton and Trenton.
Posted on Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Contract talks between the Hastings-Prince Edward School board and its elementary teachers’ union will continue into next month.
Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario local president Karen Fisk says more discussions were held yesterday, for the second time this month, and she’s expecting a complete offer when both sides get back together on February tenth.
She wouldn’t comment on specifics of yesterday’s meeting.
The board’s seven-hundred elementary teachers have been working under the terms of their old contract, which expired at the end of August, 2008.
Posted on Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Quinte West OPP made a long distance arrest this morning. Officers travelled into Quebec early this morning…just across the border from Ottawa….and, picked up a suspect arrested by Gatineau officers. The 44-year old man faces charges of criminal harassment. He has a bail hearing later today….no name was released.
Posted on Thursday, January 29th, 2009
The Quinte Healthcare Corporate members have sent a clear message to Q-H-C, that they don’t want hospital cutbacks.
Prince Edward County Mayor Leo Finnegan says about 100 people braved yesterday’s snowstorm for a members meeting in Picton with hospital officials.
He says Q-H-C made a power point presentation of the three options to reduce a projected 15-million-dollar deficit, and then one of the corporate members suggested a straw vote be held on each of the options, and there was no support for any of the three.
Finnegan says it is obvious Quinte Healthcare will have to rework plans to close beds and make other reductions in Picton and Trenton.
Posted on Thursday, January 29th, 2009
The stocks are available for 3-cents a pop….but, apparently aren’t going fast enough to get the new Belleville Racetrack and Slot Parlour project off the ground. Baymount Incorporated has reiterated its offer of up to 1.5-million dollars in shares, as announced prior to Christmas. The company is attempting to secure capital to build the new Quinte Exhibition & Raceway on Bell Boulevard. 634-thousand dollars in gross proceeds have been raised, so far, and the company continues to make contact with potential investors. The OLG has partnered with Baymount on the slot parlour but the multi-million dollar project has been stagnant since a sod-turning ceremony last September.
.
Posted on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Quinte Health Care’s Professional Staff Association President says doctors in Trenton and Picton are willing to work with management on proposed cuts at the hospitals.
Doctor Jonathan Riddell (riddle) told today’s Q-H-C board meeting there was a good discussion at an association meeting last night about suggestions from physicians in the two communities on how to reduce expenses, and retain services.
The Trenton doctors, among other recommendations, want the hospital emergency room to remain open 24 hours a day, rather than reduced to 16 hours, and the Picton physicians say an increase, not decrease, in the number of inpatient beds is needed.
The service reductions at the Picton and Trenton hospitals are among the options suggested by Q-H-C management to cut a projected 15-million-dollar deficit by March of next year.
Posted on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Midwives will soon be delivering babies at the Belleville Hospital.
The Chief of Staff, Doctor Mohammed Gaber, told the Quinte Health Care Board meeting today there are still a few concerns about resources, and nursing staff and anesthetists are being consulted to assure everything is in place.
However, he couldn’t say exactly when Belleville’s four midwives, who can deliver about 40 babies a year, would be able to start.
Midwives began providing their services at the Picton hospital last year.
Posted on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Belleville city council managed to cut 168-thousand dollars from a 72-million dollar capital budget during the first day of deliberations…..most of it upgrading of city-owned buildings. Council wrestled with two items regarding the city’s arenas….establishing a Steering Committee to report on a twin pad arena and expanding the Quinte Sports Centre. Although Councillor Taso Christopher argued long and loud against keeping 21-million dollars in the budget for that possible expansion, he strongly supported the twin-pad proposal. His motion to remove the 21-million was lost on a recorded vote of six to two…with Councillor Jack Miller declaring a conflict.
Posted on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
It may be that when Belleville takes over Meyers Pier from the federal government this summer, people will be able to enjoy dinner there, looking out over the harbour. Mayor Neil Ellis says a restauranter has expressed interest in locating in the Meyer’s Pier building. He said this would be a great addition to the waterftront. Mayor Ellis says the interested party, whom he wouldn’t name, is discussing the plan with the city, but the mayor said it would have to go to tender before a decision could be made.
Posted on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
A long list of road construction and upgradings have been approved as Belleville city council continues deliberations on its 72-million dollar capital budget. But the big issue was the proposed upgrading of the Quinte Sports Centre or building new arenas. Mayor Neil Ellis says he’s pleased that a Steering Committee has been established to report on those issues…and says he favours a new arena if it makes sense financially.. City council did approve putting 15-million in the budget for a proposed twin-pad arena and 21-million for a proposal to expand the Quinte Sports Centre…both will depend on the Steering Committee report this fall.
Posted on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
A large group of local high school teachers is getting some back pay. The Hastings Prince Edward School Board and the OSSTF have ratified a new four contract that sees the teachers get a 12-percent raise….3-percent each year. The deal is retroactive to September 1st.
Posted on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Three poeple were treated and released in hospital after a two car crash near Trenton late yesterday afternoon. Quinte West OPP have charged a 58-year old Sidney man with impaired and blood-alcohol over 80-milograms after the crash on Highway-2 in Sidney. The man’s name wasn’t released.
Posted on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Quinte West OPP are investigating a sudden death in downtown Trenton. Detective Sergeant Brad Robson says a body was discovered in a King Street apartment, yesterday morning, and officers remain on the sceen. No other details regarding the age or gender of the deceased have been released.
Posted on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
A day off for thousands of local students, thanks to Old Man Winter.
Snow that’s been falling since two o’clock this morning has resulted in school bus operators cancelling their runs to all public and catholic schools in Hastings, Prince Edward, Lennox and Addington and Frontenac counties.
About 75 buses in Northumberland county also aren’t picking up students this morning because of the poor road conditions.
Trenton, Belleville and Quinte Christian school buses are also parked for the day.
All schools remain open, although any student who gets there on their own this morning will have to find a way home this afternoon.
Posted on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
A family doctor candidate will be visiting Brighton soon.
Mayor Chris Herrington says the physician, who has been practicing for over 20 years, will tour the Brighton Health Service Centre and meet members of the family health team late next month.
He was referred to Brighton by the municipality’s physician recruiter.
Herrington says he also enjoys working in a hospital emergency department.
House Party at 6 A.M!
