A Record Breaking Night For Quinte's Operation Red Nose- 91X News 8:00 A.M. Dec. 14

It was a record breaking night for Quinte's Operation Red Nose on saturday.

Officials report a total of two hundred and fourteen trips, the most the Quinte region has ever recieved.

The high numbers also meant a lot of money raised.

Red Nose collected almost four thousand dollars from people who used the service.

Operation Red Nose stops operating after New Year’s Eve, giving all profits to local charities

Mayor Neil Ellis will be handing out a few plaques and awards tonight at Belleville's city council meeting.

Stephen Hyndman, Chief Administrative Officer, will be presented with his official” retirement plaque as well as Wayne Parks of Environmental and Operational Services.

Wayne started working for the City of Belleville on March 5, 1985 and will retire on December 31st

Ellis will also present Dan Collins, the Superintendent of Water Distribution, a plaque recognizing his outstanding two hundred and fifty

thousand hours with zero workplace accidents and injuries.

well it looks like two local teens will be getting coal in their stockings this Christmas.

A 14 year old boy and a 16 year old girl were arrested for Break and enter in a North Park Street Residence after neighbours heard glass breaking.

Officers arrived and arrested the pair inside the home.

The girl will appear in court today for a bail hearing.

The boy was later released to his father.

A fire at an appartment building on Union street in Trenton on Saturday could have been a deadly one...if it wasn't for the quick action of a tenant.

John Dennie said one of his fellow tenants, Joe Messum, ran out of the five-apartment home screaming 'FIRE!'

Belleville firefighters received a 911 call, with the first truck arriving within minutes.

Still inside, Messom broke through two fire extinguisher cases, cutting his hands.

He then managed to extinguish the fire before firefighters arrived.

Crews then checked the home to ensure there were no remnants of fire.

A study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says Ontario's harmonized sales tax is ``virtually revenue neutral'' and not the cash grab critics say it is.

The report finds low- and middle -income families will come out slightly ahead under the H-S-T package which includes increased property

and sales tax credits and income tax cuts.

But households with incomes above 100-thousand dollars a year come out just slightly behind.

Critics argue the new 13 per cent tax will add 3.5 (b) billion dollars to provincial coffers.