Archive for October, 2009
Posted on Saturday, October 31st, 2009
An unlucky break for a 20 year old who went AWOL from C-F-B Gagetown.
Quitne West police say they stopped a car on Dundas street West around 4:30 this morning… beleiving it had been involved in a gas siphoning incident.
The driver gave a number of fake names before coming clean with his real identity.
Police learned of his Canada-wide warrant under the National Defence act and have charged him with obstructing police.
They then turned him over to Military Police officers.
Posted on Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Plenty of people got the halloween festivities started last night… and it made for a busy night for Belleville police.
Officers had to break up a fight on front street just before 1:00 this morning.
About a half hour laterreceived multiple 911 calls about a large disturbance outside a downtown bar.
Police responded and a 27 year old Belleville woman was charged with two counts of assaulting police.
Then… at 2:45 a 25 yuear old Quinte West man was arrested after damaging property at North Front Street bar.
Posted on Saturday, October 31st, 2009
High winds are blamed for power outages to over one thousand customers this morning.
Hydro One says customers in Bancroft, Trenton, Picton, and Tweed have been affected… and actions are being taken to restore power.
The Hydro provider hopes to have everything back up and running by 2:00 this afternoon.
Posted on Friday, October 30th, 2009
It was a team effort by local police services in tracking down a robbery suspect at a Stirling grocery store. Stirling-Rawdon Police report the suspect emptied the safe at the Foodland, just after closing last night, and was slowed down by an employee before escaping in a silver Chevy Cavalier. A Stirling officer caught up to the suspect vehicle on Highway-33 and watched as it slammed into another vehicle in Frankford. A footchase ensued onto the golf course. Officers from Belleville and OPP from Centre Hastings and Quinte West joined the search before the Belleville K9 team arrested the suspect. 24-year old Thomas Edward Sams, of no fixed address, is charged with numerous offences. The stolen property was recovered.
Posted on Friday, October 30th, 2009
Facebook can be addictive…..and, for a Belleville man….it’s resulted in a night in jail. City Police say a 44-year old man allegedly disobeyed a court order by sending messages to his ex-wife and other family members over the social website. He’d been ordered by the courts, last week, not to have any contact with his “ex” or her family. The suspect was arrested yesterday morning and charged with Disobeying a Court Order and Uttering Threats. He has a bail hearing today.
Posted on Friday, October 30th, 2009
False alarm….Belleville police were dispatched after receiving a call that a man wearing a balaclava was spotted downtown. Police located the young man in a ski mask standing on Front Street….and, he advised officers he was dressed as a ‘terrorist’ and on his way to a Halloween Costume party.
Posted on Friday, October 30th, 2009
A 45-year old Quinte West man….faces charges after allegedly attacking a court security officer in Belleville. City Police responded to the court building on Victoria Avenue, early yesterday afernoon, where a man was yelling profanities at the officers assigned to court security. The suspect, who was apperaring in court for another matter, punched one of the officers in the face. He’s been charged with two counts of Assaulting a Peace Officer. His name hasn’t been released.
Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
People wanting to set up a small business in Hastings County will soon get some “at home” help.
The idea is to hire someone who can give hands-on help to small business entrepreneurs right in their own kitchen. Administrator Jim Pine says there will also be a network of community people to help make this work. Hastings County has received a 55-thousand dollar federal grant. Pine says a facilitator will be hired and he expects the project to get underway by the end of November.
Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
There’s a race for warden in Hastings County this year.
Both Reeve Jo-Anne Albert of Tweed and Reeve Bob Sager of Madoc Township are in the running. Warden Ron Emond is stepping down after serving two one-year terms. The election will be held at the next regular meeting of County Council on November 26.
Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Hastings County wants to build some affordable housing in Coe Hill, in the county’s north west.
Administrator Jim Pine says the county has applied to the province to construct a four-unit building. He says it would house seniors and there would be one unit for people with disabilities.
Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
A Russian Federation aircraft has arrived at C-F-B Trenton, preparing to conduct an aerial observation mission over Canada.
The Tupolev T-U-154M, which touched down at the base yesterday, will be given its legal right of unimpeded observation overflight of Canadian territory in fulfillment of Canada’s obligations as a State Party to the Treaty on Open Skies.
The Russians, using onboard imagery systems, will be able to observe and verify facts of interest, such as military installations, industrial complexes, populaton centres and transportation facilities. The flight, the fifth time another Treaty nation has conducted an observation flight in Canada, will have Canadian military escort and technical personnel aboard to ensure compliance, and is set for this Saturday to Monday.
Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
No surprise to the people who regularly drive on Palmer Road North in Belleville.
The C-A-A’s 20 Worst Roads in Ontario survey has found Palmer got the fourth most votes across the province for the bumpiest ride.
Ten-thousand people in Ontario voted in the annual poll this year, and it is believed to be the first time a local street has made the top 20 list of bad roads.
The worst road in the province, finishing at the top of the list, is Steels Avenue in Toronto.
Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
The Crowe Valley Conservation Authority has some work to do to reduce a projected 7.2 per cent levy increase to its member municipalities.
The board reviewed the 753-thousand-dollar 2010 draft budget, which includes a municipal levy of 338-thousand dollars, an increase of 22-thousand from last year.
Authority General Manager Tim Pidduck says the budget is up mainly because of wage adjustments for core staff and a projected six-month contract to help the authority investigate fundraising opportunities.
The ten authority municipalities will be asked to comment on the budget before it is given final approval.
Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Could Madoc be going to the cats??? Last night, Centre Hastings Council, reacting to complaints about stray felines in the urban area, asked staff to report on options to deal with cats. Quinte West passed a stray cat by-law recently allowing the animal control officer to take action when residents felt there were too many feral cats running around.
Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
There’s a lot of extra cleaning going on in the Q5 unit at Belleville General Hospital. In a press release issued last evening, QHC spokesperson Kim Kattouw says an influenza-like illness has been declared on the fifth floor at BGH and aggressive infection control procedures are underway. Tests to confirm the nature of the illness have been sent ot the lab, but, have not been released yet. Visiting hours remain unchanged but the public is encouraged not to visit patients on the unit espcially if they have flu like symptoms.
Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Hundreds of people carrying their kids and unbrellas lined up for hours to get first dibs on the H1N1 flu vaccinations in Quinte yesterday. Day one of the public health clinics in Belleville, Trenton, Picton, Madoc and Bancroft were very popular…especially in Belleville where more than a thousand people received the shot. Manager of Clinical Services for the Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit Bill Sherlock says the lengthy lines are likely a sign of things to come…..yesterday’s clinic were for the “high priority group”. He expects an even larger turnout when the vaccination is available to the general public. Sherlock says with the steady turnout he’s a bit concerned about staff “burning out”…noting several more long days are ahead.
Today, high priority clinics will continue..from 1 till 7……at the Thurlow Community Center…the Centre Hastings Municipal Office in Ivanhoe, the Picton Legion, Quinte West City Hall and the Bancroft Professional Building.
Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
The final drive is on to get the last of nearly 12-hundred Quinte-area children outfitted for winter in the Adopt-A-Child program. and, according to spokesperson Nancy Zeppa, with about 150-kids left to adopt….the phone lines are open early this morning at Quinte Broadcasting. The number to call is 969-5555. All the snowsuits need to be purchased Monday and the winter clothing will be distributed between November 16th-and-18th. Adopt-A-Child is a partnership between Belleville and Stirling-Rawdon Police and OPP Detachments in Prince Edward, Central Hastings and Napanee.
Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Prime Minister Harper is praising the latest Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan. Twenty-six-year-old Lieutenant Justin Boyes was on foot patrol southwest of Kandahar City yesterday when he was killed by a roadside bomb. Boyes was raised in Saskatchewan, based at C-F-B Edmonton, and leaves behind a wife and three-year-old son. Harper says the “dedication, bravery, and remarkable commitment” of Canadians like Boyes “will bring safety and stability to the people of Afghanistan.” Two other Canadian soldiers wounded in the attack are listed in good condition.
Posted on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
A former navy serviceman at C-F-B Trenton has been cleared of a sexual assault charge.
Retired Petty Officer First Class Robert McDougall was convicted in a 2007 court martial of raping a female Canadian Forces Captain, but a Department of National Defence spokesperson says he was found not guilty at Eight Wing at the conclusion of his appeal yesterday.
McDougall, who left the military in 2008, was sentenced to a year in jail after the first trial, but remained free pending the appeal.
The complainant claimed McDougall sexually assaulted her while both were on a training exercise in Bermuda in November, 2006.
Posted on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Quinte Health Care’s Chief of Infection Control is back at work after five days sick with the H-1-N-1 flu.
Doctor Michael de la Roche says he and his daughter, who also got the same strain of the flu, had a cough, fever, sore joint, and sore throat.
He says it’s important the message gets out, but it has to be presented accurately, since H-1-N-1 is not that virulent, but is more prevalent than what normally happens in a flu season .
Doctor de la Roche says some staff at Q-H-C have come down with H-1-N-1, which he says is a reflection of what’s going on in the community.
Sean gets physical...!
