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One new case, two active, in Hastings Prince Edward

HPE Public Health is reporting one new case of COVID-19 in the region Wednesday. It was found in a person from Quinte West, in the 19 to 29 age group and has been connected to travel. There are curren...

David Foot Jun 30, 2021

Peace Walk for Tibet stops in Belleville

A Tibetan refugee walking from Toronto to Ottawa and back, to raise awareness about human rights violations overseas, made a quick stop in Belleville on Wednesday. Sangyal Kyab is marking the halfway ...

David Foot Jun 30, 2021 29 year-old Sangyal Kyab is walking from Toronto-to-Ottawa and back to raise awareness about human rights violations in Tibet. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

RELEASE: Belleville Fire Department puts out fireworks safety reminders

The Belleville Fire Department would like to remind everyone planning to conduct a family fireworks display to follow all safety precautions. Some safety precautions to keep in mind are: Read the inst...

David Foot Jun 29, 2021 (Photo: Submitted / Belleville Chamber of Commerce)

UPDATE: Power restored for most customers in Belleville

UPDATE @ 4:45 p.m.: Power should be back on across Belleville after a significant outage this afternoon. More than 5,000 Elexicon Energy customers were without power, after the outage that start aroun...

David Foot Jun 29, 2021 (Photo: Elexicon Energy Outage Map)

Belleville Council agrees to discount water price to PEC by 10%

Belleville councillors have agreed to discount the rate that Prince Edward County pays to buy water from the city's treatment plant to serve properties in Rossmore and Fenwood Gardens. While the origi...

David Foot Jun 28, 2021 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Belleville Agricultural Society looks to build state-of-the-art complex at new site

Belleville Council is supporting the Belleville Agricultural Society as it tries to get some funding to build a state-of-the-art complex at the new fairgrounds site in the city's north end. A staff re...

David Foot Jun 28, 2021 Belleville Mayor Mitch Panciuk at City Hall looking over drawings for a new building and new site for the Belleville Agricultural Society (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)

Belleville Councillors discuss "one-sided" video on ward change proposal

Some Belleville councillors aren't pleased with a city-produced video on a proposal made by the Mayor to split the city's ward boundaries up from two to four. The video is part of the public consultat...

David Foot Jun 28, 2021 Belleville Council will consider starting the process of moving from a two ward electoral system to a four ward system, at its meeting on Monday May 10, 2021. Here is a proposal of what those ward boundaries would look like.

Belleville officially declares "Climate Emergency"

Belleville City Council has officially declared a climate emergency in the city. While the decision is non-binding and has no immediate impact, it does show the city's willingness to build on its curr...

David Foot Jun 28, 2021 The climate change rally at Belleville City Hall on September 20, 2019 was well attended by people of all ages. (Photo: Amanda Smith/Quinte News)

Belleville Police responded to pair of assault calls and break-in on Thursday

Woman charged after Station Street break-in A Belleville woman has been charged after an incident on Station Street late last night. City police were called just after 11:00 p.m. by a man who said a w...

David Foot Jun 25, 2021

Belleville Council to consider declaring Climate Emergency at Monday meeting

Belleville City staff are recommending council follow the direction of the city's Green Task Force and declare a Climate Emergency at its meeting on Monday afternoon. The recommendation comes after a ...

David Foot Jun 25, 2021 Supporters attend a climate change rally at Belleville's Market Square in 2019. (Photo: Quinte News)