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A driver was taken to Belleville General Hospital with unknown injuries following a collision on Highway 401 on Monday night. Emergency responders were called to the eastbound 401 near Aikins Road in Bayside for the report of a vehicle colliding centre median. Quinte West Fire Chief John Whalen says the driver escaped the vehicle before it burst into flames. The collision happened around 10:15 p.m

A plane crashed and flipped on its back at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon, injuring 18 passengers, officials say, following a weekend of heavy snowfall that led to flight delays and cancellations. All 76 passengers and four crew members on the Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis to Toronto were accounted for, said Deborah Flint, president and CEO of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA). There were 22 Canadians on board, she added. The other passengers were multinational.

Emergency responders are reminding drivers to slow down when they approach accident scenes. Firefighters were on Highway 401 west dealing with a two-vehicle collision in the Cobourg area at around 5 a.m. Sunday when a transport trying to get by on the shoulder of the highway ran into a firetruck. The firetruck had its emergency lights on and was acting as a blocker. The firefighter inside the truck was not injured. The transport ended up in a ditch after the collision and the driver suffered minor injuries. There’s no word on charges at this time. In late January, an OPP officer was injured after being clipped by a transport while working a collision scene on Highway 401 in Lennox and Addington.

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health declared a respiratory outbreak at H.J. McFarland Memorial Home in Picton on Monday. Testing is still underway to determine the agent that caused the outbreak. The affected residents have been isolated. The home is returning to small group activities for individual areas, and large events are cancelled.

Rotary Club of Wellington will present Prince Edward County with a significant cheque Monday afternoon. The $25,000 cheque being presented to Mayor Steve Ferguson will renew the club’s naming rights sponsorship for the Rotary Room at the Wellington and District Community Centre. In turn, the county plans to use that money to buy a full colour LED electronic sign for the facility. The cheque presentation is at 1 p.m. at the Community Centre.

Well the wellington Community Centre was buzzing with activity yesterday as community groups came together to help the community celebrate Family Day and indeed they did. Local Journalism Initiative Community Reporter Brenda Little has more:

Well the wellington Community Centre was buzzing with activity yesterday as community groups came together to help the community celebrate Family Day and indeed they did. The wellington Rotary supplied free soup and chili, rec committee supplied hot chocolate and the Lions Club outdid themselves with a colouring mural, snowball toss and jewelry making. Kids were given books from county Kids read, the OPP , library and 4H had give aways and the south shore association had a display of local animal pelts and helped the kids make track books. And of course there was skating for everyone sponsored by the Prince Edward county Professional Firefighter Association. The event was well attended a fun day for all ages.

Sports

David Fournier’s second of the game and 41st of the season at 3:12 of the first overtime period capped off a late two-goal comeback in a 5-4 overtime win over the Wellington Dukes.

Canada is off to the 4 Nations Face-Off final. An old — and familiar foe — waits on deck. Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon scored 46 seconds apart in the first period, and Canada held on late to beat Finland 5-3 on Monday afternoon to set up a mouth-watering title game later this week against the United States.

Sweden rallied after falling behind just 35 seconds into the game to hand the Americans their first loss in the tournament 2-1