Businesses close for Victoria Day
Many local businesses are closing down for Victoria Day on Monday. Local grocery stores including McDowell's Independent, Belleville Metro and Walmart are going to be closed, though their garden centres will remain open. Quinte Mall will be closed, though the Shoppers Drug Mart there will remain open. All local area Be...
May 17, 2024
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First Early Bird winners of Cruise4Cancer
The Belleville General Hospital Foundation has announced Elaine and Denis Joly as the winners of the first early bird draw of Cruise4Cancer. The first early bird draw was for $3,000. Ticket number 2571 was drawn. "The only thing better than winning in Cruise4Cancer would be the call to say I am cancer-free. We are...
May 17, 2024
Trent-Severn Waterway open for 2024 season
The 104th navigation season of the Trent-Severn Waterway has begun. The interconnected rivers, lakes, locks and canals form the 386-kilometre-long waterway between Trenton and Port Severn managed by Parks Canada. The Trent-Severn's 42 locks opened at 9 a.m. Friday morning and will remain open daily until Thanksgiving (...
May 17, 2024
May 17 Belleville Police report
Belleville police responded to 97 calls for service over a 24-hour period from 5 a.m. on May 16, 2024 to 5 a.m. on May 17, 2024. Mischief On May 16, 2024 at 11 a.m., Belleville police responded to an apartment complex on Haig Road for a report of mischief. Upon arrival, police learned that sometime overnight unknown pe...
May 17, 2024
From the County to Virginia for Brad Barker
A member of the Wellington Dukes has made a D1 commitment to the NCAA. Brad Barker is off to Lynchburg Virginia to play for Liberty University. Barker was acquired by the Dukes at the trade deadline and Coach Kent Lewis says he was a character player in the program. He will forgo his over-age year in the OJHL to immedi...
May 17, 2024
No reasonable grounds for criminal charges
Ontario's police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit, will not lay criminal charges against a Cobourg police officer following an incident in which a man broke his hand. Police responded to the Cobourg downtown area January 17 after a reports a man had punched a vehicle with a woman inside and assaulted two men w...
May 17, 2024
Beaver dam bursts, part of Bancroft flooded
The town of Bancroft is cleaning up after a major flood. Jake Krupa, manager of infrastructure and capital projects, says a beaver dam up on a hill "let go'' sometime between 5:00 and 5;30 p.m. Wednesday, resulting in a large amount of water flowing down behind some homes. Krupa says a number of homes and nearby p...
May 17, 2024
Quinte West Fest at Riverfest Saturday
Everyone is invited to join the City of Quinte West on Victoria Day weekend at Frankford Tourist Park for live music, fireworks, and an outdoor movie on Saturday, May 18 from 5 to 9 p.m. Here are the details. There are 100 rubber duckies hidden in the park. Find a ducky to exchange for great prizes at the city tent. 5 ...
May 17, 2024
Missing man
Lennox and Addington OPP are hoping the public can help locate a man last seen in Kingston Thursday May 16. Missing is 29-year-old Braden who is about 6 feet tall and 300 pounds with black Mohawk style hair. Call the OPP with any information.
May 17, 2024
Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation holds donor appreciation event
The Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation held a donor appreciation event on Thursday at the Panelas Courtyard inside the hospital. The event expressed profound gratitude for the support of the donors, and was focused on those achieving new recognition levels on the donor wall. The event included several speakers, inclu...
May 16, 2024