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Bay of Quinte candidates to debate environment on Thursday

Federal candidates in the Bay of Quinte Riding will be discussing environmental issues as part of a national debate series on Thursday. Centennial Secondary School in Belleville is hosting the event a...

David Foot Oct 01, 2019 Dawn Pedersen / CC

Two FNTI students honoured with aviation bursaries

Two students from the First Nations Technological Institute on the Tyendinaga Territory have won aviation scholarships. Doris Ipeelee of Nunavut and Zoie Michelin of Newfoundland and Labrador were awa...

David Foot Oct 01, 2019 L-R: Brenda Harwood, Diversity and Inclusion Manager at Jazz Aviation; Zoie Michelin; Doris Ipeelee; Julie Beverstein, Chief Pilot at Jazz Aviation); and Steve Linthwaite Vice President of Flight Operations at Jazz Aviation. (Photo: Submitted / FNTI)

21 year-old man wanted by ROPE Squad

A man who is known to frequent the Ottawa area is wanted by the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad. Authorities say 21 year-old Omar Joumaa has breached the conditions of his release, while serv...

David Foot Oct 01, 2019 21 year-old Omar Joumaa is wanted by the Provincial Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad. (Photo: Submitted / OPP)

New clothing store and potential restaurant earmarked for old Zellers plaza

A new clothing store is coming to a busy part of Belleville. Speaking on CJBQ's Lorne Brooker Show Tuesday John Marino said interior work will be starting soon in a space at one end of the former Zell...

David Foot Oct 01, 2019 The site of the former Zellers in Belleville is being repurposed and will soon be home to a new clothing store and potentially a chain restaurant. (Photo: John Spitters / Quinte News)

MEET THE CANDIDATES: Derek Sloan

The Conservative candidate for Hastings-Lennox and Addington took his turn on 800 CJBQ's Meet The Candidates feature on the Lorne Brooker Show Tuesday. With all of the political mud slinging happening...

David Foot Oct 01, 2019 Derek Sloan is the Conservative Party of Canada candidate, for Hastings-Lennox and Addington, in the 2019 Federal Election. (Photo: Submitted / Derek Sloan)

Car crashes through garage of home near Port Hope

Nobody was seriously injured, but a house was significantly damaged after a car rammed through a garage door near Port Hope. It happened around 1:15 yesterday (Sunday) morning at a home on Dale Road n...

David Foot Sep 30, 2019 Photos from the scene of a crash near Port Hope, where a an SUV crashed through a garage door and hit a car parked inside. (Photo: Submitted / Northumberland OPP)

Cash and jewellery stolen from home in Ameliasburgh

Police say thieves stole $5,000 in cash and $300 worth of jewellery from a home in Ameliasburgh last Thursday. Someone got into the home on County Road 23 sometime between 2:20 in the afternoon and mi...

David Foot Sep 30, 2019

OPP praise volunteers and community for Picton Cram The Cruiser success

On Saturday September 29, 2019 Picton United Church Foodbank held a "Cram the Cruiser" food drive at Picton Sobeys. The event was held from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. with the assistance of Picton United Ch...

David Foot Sep 30, 2019

Province announces support plans for wine, beer and cider producers

Some good news for local wine and cider producers on Friday. MPP Todd Smith and Minister of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs Ernie Hardeman were at Three Dog Winery in Sophiasburgh, where they annou...

David Foot Sep 27, 2019 Todd Smith, the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services and MPP for Bay of Quinte, welcomed Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs Ernie Hardeman make an announcement about supports for wine, beer and cider producers, at Three Dog Winery in Sophiasburgh. (Photo: Submitted / MPP Todd Smith)

Sabourin signs one-year, two-way deal with Sens

Power forward Scott Sabourin has made enough of an impact with the Ottawa Senators to earn himself a two-way contract for the upcoming season. The 27-year-old Ottawa native has been with the Senators ...

David Foot Sep 27, 2019 Scott Sabourin signed a two-way deal with the Ottawa Senators on September 27, 2109. (Photo: Andre Ringuette/Freestyle Photography/OSHC)