Author Archives: David Foot

Ontario is set to enter its first stage of reopening next Tuesday including lifting restrictions on retail stores, golf driving ranges and tennis courts, surgeries and dog grooming. In a document rele...

A major country music festival that has operated in our area for more than 30 years has been postponed due to COVID-19. Organizers of the Havelock Country Jamboree say they are pushing back this year'...

The Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board has reached a tentative deal with unionized support workers, whose collective bargaining agreement ran out last September. The deal, which is expec...

May 12, 2020-Ottawa-With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting almost every sector in Canada, temporary foreign workers and their employers are confronted by new challenges in a rapidly changing job market....

It's only been four weeks since the Belleville Downtown District launched its online marketplace, but the local e-commerce platform is already being dubbed a success. The Downtown District Marketplace...

It has now been 11 days since Hastings Prince Edward Public Health reported a new confirmed case of COVID-19 in our area. Of the 42 positive tests locally, 25 people have recovered and five have died,...

Police have seized drugs and weapons after executing a search warrant at a home on Main Street in Deseronto this morning. The OPP Street Crime Unit and Emergency Response team raided the home and foun...

Loyalist College says it is making $1 million available to support students with needs-based financial assistance. The money will go towards returning, domestic and international students and would se...

Five people, including two from Quinte West, have been charged after a group of non-related child pornography investigations. The OPP's Child Sexual Exploitation unit executed seven search warrants be...

While rumours continue to swirl about Costco pulling out of a planned Belleville store, city officials say they haven't been made aware of that. Quinte News spoke to CAO Rod Bovay last week who says t...