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Inmate assaulted at Collins Bay Institution

Police and Correctional Service of Canada staff are investigating an assault at Collins Bay Institution. Staff say on Thursday night around 10:45 p.m. an inmate was assaulted at the medium-security un...

Amanda Smith Feb 14, 2020

OPP charge two in relation to August 401 collision

Northumberland OPP have charged two people in relation to an accident on the 401 in August near Port Hope. Police have charged 21-year-old Navtej Singh Sidhu of Brampton with three counts of dangerous...

Amanda Smith Feb 14, 2020

Attempted murder charges laid following road rage incident

We have an update to a story we first brought you yesterday. Northumberland OPP have charged a 29-year-old Trent Hills resident with attempted murder charges along with various other charges following...

Amanda Smith Feb 14, 2020 (Photo: Twitter / @OPP_ER)

Contraband seized at Collins Bay

Correctional Service of Canada has seized contraband and unauthorized items at Collins Bay Institution. Earlier this month, staff at the medium security prison found items within the perimeter of the ...

Amanda Smith Feb 13, 2020

Warming centre open tonight

The City of Belleville is opening the warming centre tonight and tomorrow night ahead of some frigid temperatures. The Victoria Avenue Baptist Church will be open tonight at 8 p.m. until 8 a.m. Friday...

Amanda Smith Feb 13, 2020 Victoria Avenue Baptist Church (Photo: Facebook/Victoria Avenue Baptist Church)

Teens charged with shoplifting

Four teens have been charged in connection to a theft according to Quinte West OPP. Officers responded to a theft on Dundas Street East in Trenton on Wednesday in the dinner hour but the four suspects...

Amanda Smith Feb 13, 2020

Trenton boat launch to get upgrade

The federal government is supporting an upgrade to a popular boat launch in Quinte West. Bay of Quinte MP Neil Ellis announced on Wednesday afternoon at City Hall, the municipality is the recipient of...

Amanda Smith Feb 12, 2020 Participants in the Quinte West emergency exercise at the Ontario Street boat launch. The Trent River was a major focus in the event which was meant to simulate a pipeline failure. (Photo: Amanda Smith/Quinte News)

Hospice Quinte surpasses halfway mark of fundraising goal

Hospice Quinte announced today they have reached the halfway mark of their fundraising goal to build a hospice residence here in Quinte. Executive Director Jennifer May-Anderson said on Wednesday the ...

Amanda Smith Feb 12, 2020

Blue carfentanyl seized at traffic stop

Charges have been laid and blue carfentanyl was seized following a traffic stop in the city yesterday. Belleville Police say members of their Intelligence and Street Crime Units began receiving inform...

Amanda Smith Feb 12, 2020

Second protest site set up near Hwy. 49

Protesters have set up a second site near the Hwy. 49 overpass tracks. Similarly to the protest at Wyman Road, the bus is adjacent to the tracks but not on the tracks. Protesters say that if a train t...

Amanda Smith Feb 12, 2020 Second site