Luke Hendry
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Rules on COVID-19 pharmacy test clarified
Ontario officials are clarifying rules around pharmacy testing for COVID-19, noting the service is reserved for specific groups and available only by appointment at selected pharmacies. Premier Doug Ford and other officials have for weeks been directing people who are asymptomatic – without symptoms of infection – to pharmacies for testing. After COVID-19 assessment centres […] → Read More
Counties ask for tighter rules for medical grow ops
Health Canada and Ontario must help municipalities in preventing unauthorized cannabis-growing operations, the wardens of two local counties say. Hastings County’s Rick Phillips and Lennox and Addington County’s Marg Isbester have together written to federal and provincial ministers for their support. They’re pushing for changes to federal processes and new provincial offences backed by $100,000… → Read More
Long-term care overhaul needed: staff and advocates
Problems in Ontario’s long-term care sector aren’t limited to the COVID-19 pandemic, critics say, and major changes are needed to ensure facilities are safe and financially-sustainable.… → Read More
Help available for maternal mood disorders
Health workers are trying to reach pregnant women and new mothers in an attempt to lessen the impact of mood disorders.This is Mental Health Week, and May 6 was World Maternal Mental Health Day.&ld… → Read More
Man being treated in Kingston as Belleville Police probe shooting
Belleville Police are asking for tips after a man was found shot early Tuesday morning and was taken to Kingston General Hospital for treatment. At about 1:50 a.m. Tuesday, police learned of a man suffering from a gunshot wound near the intersection of Frank and Union streets, Staff Sgt. Rene Aubertin wrote in a news […] → Read More
Sicily invasion remembered
The faces are changing, but the remembrance continues. Military staff and civilians honoured veterans gathered Wednesday at the Belleville Armouries to mark the 76th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Sicily. But for the first time, no Second World War veterans were able to attend the annual service. “It’s different,” said Lt.-Col. (Ret.) Terry Honour, […] → Read More
Overdoses lead to opioid warning
Ontario Provincial Police are stepping up their fight against opioid drug use and deaths, this time using education in the hope of reducing harm caused by the drugs. Recent overdoses and a suspected drug-related death in the Quinte region are bringing some local urgency to the provincial campaign. “We’re doing everything we can to get […] → Read More
Fire globe a mobile memorial of troops who died in Afghanistan
It’s a story of sacrifice.At a charity hockey game in Kingston on Sunday, families of Canadian troops who died in Afghanistan and retired general Walt Natynczyk, the former Canadian Forces ch… → Read More
Military families' stressful wait for care
TRENTON — When a new study found military families in Ontario wait longer for health care than their civilian neighbours, it came as no surprise to those living it. → Read More
Dairy farmers share nearly $1M in funding
Eleven dairy farms in Hastings-Lennox and Addington have received a total of more than $860,000 in federal funding for upgrades. → Read More
Bonding at memorial ride
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5G plan in Evolution
A new partnership to test ultra-high-speed communications technology in Ontario and Quebec is a sign that a separate local project is needed, an official says. → Read More
Help us survive, kids say
Children with cancer and their families are asking federal politicians to give them more chances of survival by funding more research and allowing more clinical trials for minors. → Read More
Tech could aid paramedics
A proposed experiment testing new technology for paramedics won’t be surrendering control to machines. → Read More
Wardens tout rural network at ROMA
Eastern Ontario’s bid for better wireless communication services may have gained a little more ground – but still no approval – at a provincial conference. → Read More
Delay leaves paramedic project in limbo
BANCROFT— Area paramedic services are ready to try improving service through more efficient dispatching but are still waiting for provincial approval one year after requesting it. → Read More
No answers in fatal helicopter crash
TWEED — Authorities had few answers Friday about the Hydro One helicopter crash which on Thursday killed four employees northeast of here. → Read More
Restoring wartime history
CFB TRENTON -- It was among the most important Allied aircraft of the Second World War - and now it's scheduled to be one of a local museum's most important exhibits. → Read More
Finance Minister in region
TWEED — A federal insurance program for farmers needs more funding in order to be effective, federal finance minister Bill Morneau heard here Wednesday. → Read More
Ex-LHIN chair wants local approach preserved
Ontario's Local Health Integration Network must be a truly local voice in the health care sector, an immediate past chair of the local network says. → Read More