Safe cycling is not just for kids
With health officials encouraging safe outdoor activities, bicycles are in short supply in many areas of Canada. According to the Canada Safety Council, cycling is popular with Canadians of all…
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Terry Sprague discusses County’s natural heritage during Flashback February
DESIRÉE DECOSTE STAFF WRITER Around 40 participants enjoyed a virtual talk from avid birder and nature enthusiast Terry Sprague about natural heritage in Prince Edward County (PEC) last week. Hosted…
Auxiliary closing in on $1 million mark for Back the Build Campaign
The Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary volunteers continue to demonstrate they are a fundraising force to be reckoned with. Auxiliary representatives presented the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation…
Quinte Health Care commences COVID vaccine program
JASON PARKS STAFF WRITER Thursday marked a welcome shot in the arm for Quinte Health Care’s frontline staff and physicians. A COVID‐19 Vaccination Clinic for highest priority frontline staff and…
Over 500 Quinte residents fully immunized against COVID
The following is a weekly update issued by Hastings Prince Edward Public Health issued each Tuesday afternoon to apprise the community of up-to-date vaccination figures. HPEPH’s COVID-19 Vaccine Roll Out…
COVID Vaccine answers for COPD sufferers
Editor’s note: The following is a weekly submission concerning COVID-19 and the vaccination role out on behalf of members of the Prince Edward Family Health Team. You might be wondering…
Local COVID-19 Vaccination update
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (HPEPH) issues regular updates on their activities. I’m reprinting the information below because we continue to receive calls at Community Care with questions about the…
Library scores at the head of the class
In a year full of “firsts”, the County of Prince Edward Public Library experienced yet another. For the first time, the library underwent a virtual audit. Every five years, the…
LETTER: Trump will be remembered for endangering democracy
I read Robert C. Wilson’s letter(The Gazette February 17th, 2021, Reader: Trump will go down as a great President) several times to make sure I was not missing something. To…
Letter: Only religious figure Trump resembles is anti-Christ
In the February 18, 2021 Gazette, Robert C. Wilson wrote to the editor his holy praise for disgraced defeated former president Donald Trump. Wilson certainly liked Trump’s “so-called” alliances with…