Author Archives: Alana Cameron

The 17th annual Blair Smith Memorial Fishing with Kids event is happening Saturday, August 23 at Centennial Park in Trenton. Event organizer Tammy Smith calls it a wonderful opportunity for children t...

The YMCA of Central East Ontario has changed the location for its new Centre for Life in Belleville. The facility will now be constructed one block west at 355 Bridge Street West near Rotary Centennia...

West Nile Virus has been detected in the Picton area. The South East Health Unit (SEHU) reports it has identified the presence of mosquitoes carrying the virus, making it the first pool of mosquitoes ...

Crime was down in the Quinte region last year. Statistics Canada's Crime Severity Index (CSI) measures the volume and severity of police-reported crime in the country. The index for the Belleville-Qui...

Prince Edward County Fire & Rescue (PECFR) responded to an agricultural field fire at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Fry Road on Tuesday, August 5. Personnel from Stations 1, 2, and 4 extinguished a f...

As part of the Cobourg Police Service's ongoing commitment to enhancing community safety, the police service has shared its two-week update on the Safer Street Cobourg program. The initiative, launche...

A train struck a person in Belleville over the long weekend. Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway officials confirm to Quinte News that a CPKC train made contact with a person on the tracks near 27 Ne...

A 20-year-old Cobourg man is facing charges after police investigated reports of suspicious activity. On July 30, Cobourg Police Service opened an investigation after receiving reports of suspicious a...

Bancroft OPP officers patrolling Deer Lake, in Highlands East Township, have laid multiple charges against a personal watercraft operator. Members of the Marine Unit were on patrol when they stopped a...

A search is continuing Monday following two suspected drownings on Stony Lake in Burleigh Falls. Just after 5 p.m. Sunday, Peterborough OPP, paramedics and fire responded to a report of two individual...