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One person died following a crash on Highway 33 (Bath Road) in the Bath area early Thursday morning. On Thursday, April 23, 2026, at approximately 12:00 a.m., members of the Lennox and Addington County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call reporting a single vehicle collision where a motorcycle went into a guardrail. As a result of the collision, the 27-year-old driver from the City of Brampton was pronounced deceased at the scene. Bath Road remained closed in both directions for several hours between Sir John Johnson Drive and Lennox and Addington County Road 4 for the on-site investigation, with assistance from the OPP Technical Collision Investigation and Reconstruction teams. Bath Road reopened shortly before 6 am. Anyone with information or video footage of the incident is asked to contact the OPP.
Quinte West Council is not changing local policy about alcohol in public spaces, despite a provincial law update. During Wednesday’s meeting of council, one of the items discussed was the policy for alcoholic beverages at outdoor municipal events. Recent changes to provincial law will allow the municipality to permit people to drink their own alcohol that they bring with them to public events. Currently that’s not allowed under events policy, with permits to serve alcohol only covering beverages sold at the event itself. The report presented to council raised some concerns with allowing self serve, including higher risk of intoxication and impaired driving, along with potentially increased insurance costs for events. After a brief discussion, council accepted the report for information, but did not propose any changes to local policy.
With generative AI becoming more and more available, Quinte West is considering an official policy on how municipal staff are allowed to use the technology. During Wednesday’s council meeting, Quinte West Council reviewed a proposed framework for officially adopting AI technologies into municipal workflows. Municipal staff presented a report to council outlining the risks of unregulated use of AI tools. Some hazards they pointed out included sensitive data being leaked, potential biases in AI systems, and a lack of transparency when AI is used as part
of a decision process. In order to ensure that any new AI technology is being used safely and responsibly, staff recommended adopting a framework established by the Eastern Ontario IT Collaborative. The framework was set up to address these concerns, providing basic policies on when and how AI can be used, and preventing AI tools from being used where they could cause harm. The framework was approved by council without debate.
Airlines around the world are cutting flights as they face what some experts are calling the worst aviation crisis ever, with fuel shortages caused by the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz. Several Canadian airlines have cancelled flights in the last week, and the list of carriers making cuts globally continues to grow as peak travel season approaches. Amra Durakovic, head of communications at retail travel agency network Flight Centre Canada, said predicting how much worse the crisis could get is “a lot of speculation and uncertainty” at this point, because it will depend on what happens in the Middle East. As of Wednesday, she said, fewer than one percent of Canadian flights had been cancelled overall. The Strait of Hormuz has remained mostly closed since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran at the end of February. Oil tankers have been blocked from getting through the critical waterway, causing the price of jet fuel to more than double from where it was a year ago.
Last night, community leaders met for a presentation of Ready PEC facilitated by Anne Van Vlack known for her work with Vital signs at the County Foundation. The community -led initiative was formed to address potential emergency situations in Prince Edward County and to organize and inform the public for readiness. In recent years, the County has experienced floods, pandemic, drought and severe winter weather resulting in power outage, loss of property, severe illnesses and much more. The group aims to spread information to residents to be prepared for any emergency and in so doing will reduce the pressure on the fire department, OPP and hospitals . May 3- 9 is Emergency Preparedness week and Ready PEC is hosting an interactive community event at the Picton community centre May 3 from 3:30-5:30 where experts will talk about the local risks, how to prepare and much more.
Sports
Cutter Gauthier’s late third period goal lifted the Anaheim Ducks to a 6-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks to draw even 1-1 in their first-round series.
Trevor Zegras, Rasmus Ristolainen and Nick Seeler scored three goals on four shots in the second period in Philadelphia’s first home playoff game in eight years, pushing the Pittsburgh Penguins to the brink of elimination with a 5-2 Game 3 win.
Wyatt Johnston scored on a power-play deflection at 12:10 of the second overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild early Thursday for a 2-1 lead in the first-round series.
Mike Trout homered, Nolan Schanuel homered and hit a three-run double and Jose Soriano worked five shutout innings as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 on Wednesday to avoid a series sweep.
Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami tied a Major League Baseball rookie record by homering in his fifth straight game, crushing a 451-foot shot to right-center field against the Arizona Diamondbacks for his 10th homer of the season.
