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Quinte-area Alzheimer Society raises over $3,500 in book sale

February 12, 2020 at 1:20 pm

By Graham Whittaker BELLEVILLE – The Alzheimer Society of Hastings and Prince Edward counties raised over $3,500 after the first of three annual used book sales held on Thursday. The[…]

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Quinte hospitals screening for new coronavirus

January 30, 2020 at 12:25 pm

By Graham Whittaker BELLEVILLE – Quinte Health Care has confirmed that it is screening patients for the highly contagious new coronavirus that has caused at least 17 deaths in China.[…]

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Politicians practise saving lives at Loyalist College’s third-floor unveiling

January 30, 2020 at 11:38 am

By Robert D. Champagne BELLEVILLE – Local and provincial politicians were put to the test on Tuesday during simulations of a cardiac arrest and an injury at the unveiling of[…]

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Loyalist student counsellors’ schedules are full, even before peak season

January 29, 2020 at 1:38 pm

By Graham Whittaker BELLEVILLE – Student counsellors at Loyalist College are facing full schedules right now – and it isn’t even a peak time of the school year for students[…]

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Thrive Week at Loyalist College focuses on students’ mental health

January 29, 2020 at 11:13 am

By Graham Whittaker BELLEVILLE – Mental health will be a big topic of discussion around Loyalist College campus this week as it marks Thrive Week. Student president Alicia Douglas says[…]

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Prince Edward County announces the next administrator for seniors’ home

January 22, 2020 at 11:41 am

By Logan Somers PICTON – Prince Edward County council announced it has a new administrator for H.J. McFarland Memorial Home, a seniors’ care home in Picton. Kyle Cotton will begin[…]

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Canadian Mental Health Services sees large intake of teens during final quarter

January 21, 2020 at 2:52 pm

By Graham Whittaker Children’s Mental Health Services’ walk-in clinic saw its largest intake of teens in their fourth and final quarter of 2019. Between October and end of December, the[…]

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Canadian Mental Health Services hosts weekly walk-in counselling clinics

January 21, 2020 at 2:51 pm

By Graham Whittaker Children’s Mental Health Services is hosting weekly walk-in clinics where anyone under the age of 18 can receive free counselling services. They run year round with one[…]

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Alzheimer’s and dementia training sessions to be held in Tweed

January 21, 2020 at 2:30 pm

By Logan Somers TWEED – The Municipality of Tweed in partnership with the Alzheimer Society of Hastings-Prince Edward is holding training sessions to give insight into Alzheimer’s and dementia on[…]

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Health unit concerned that etizolam may be causing overdose deaths in area

January 21, 2020 at 11:17 am

By Kyle Ellington BELLEVILLE – Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is warning people of a dangerous drug called etizolam which it says has caused overdoses in the city. “The illicit[…]

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