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Local catholic school board released 2019/20 enrollment numbers

The enrolment numbers are in for the 2019/20 school year in the Algonquin Lakeshore Catholic District School Board. Both elementary and high school enrolment numbers are up slightly. This year there a...

David Foot Sep 12, 2019

Just ten building permits issued in Brighton last month

The month-end building stats for August have come in from Brighton. Ten permits were issued for new builds in the municipality, seven of them in urban Brighton and three of them in the rural part of t...

David Foot Sep 12, 2019 Current logo set to be updated.

Ministry of Environment approves Belleville's risk management plan

The City of Belleville says the Ministry of Environment has accepted a risk management plan (RMP) outlining measures to protect human health and the environment in a southern section of the city. A co...

David Foot Sep 11, 2019 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Quinte West OPP officer to be demoted after plea to Professional Standards Bureau

A suspended Quinte West OPP officer will likely be reinstated soon after pleading guilty Wednesday to charges of discreditable conduct from the Professional Standards Bureau (PSB). The PSB had charged...

David Foot Sep 11, 2019 (Photo: Twitter / @OPP_ER)

New director for Elexicon Energy board

The board for the amalgamated company that provides hydro services to Belleville has appointed a new director. Nicole McNeill will serve as an independent director on the board for Elexicon Energy, wh...

David Foot Sep 11, 2019 Nicole McNeill was named as a director to the board of directors for Elexicon Energy, on September 11, 2019. (Photo: Submitted / Elexicon Energy)

Lower Trent Conservation finally downgrades flood warning

Lower Trent Conservation is finally downgrading a flood warning that has been in effect since May 9. The environmental agency says a flood watch is still in effect for Lake Ontario, from Grafton to Qu...

David Foot Sep 11, 2019

Charges laid in fatal July crash on Highway 401

Provincial Police have laid charges in connection to a massive crash on Highway 401 this summer, which killed a 29-year-old woman from Lennox and Addington County. Elizabeth Morgan was killed in the c...

David Foot Sep 10, 2019

Small Business Centre offering grants to new and expanding companies

The application window is open for new and expanding businesses to apply for a grant from the Small Business Centre. The Starter Company Plus program is offering 14 grants of up to $5,000 to help grow...

David Foot Sep 10, 2019 (Photo: Submitted / Brianna Rossit)

Stunt driving charge laid in PEC

A Prince Edward County man has been charged after OPP caught a speeding driver early this morning. Police made the traffic stop just before 6:20 a.m., on County 1 Road near Alexander Road in Hillier, ...

David Foot Sep 10, 2019 Kevin Krejci / CC

Local emergency responders prepare to honour colleagues killed on 9/11

Quinte Region first responders will gather tomorrow to honour their New York City counterparts who were killed during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The ceremony, which is scheduled to r...

David Foot Sep 10, 2019 Quinte West Fire Station Number 1, from across the Trent River. (Photo: John Whelan / Quinte West Fire Department)