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Coyotes have struck again, killing two more dogs in Belleville. Animal Control Officer Ron Pierce says two small dogs were grabbed by the animals on Oakwood Lane and Kipling Drive last week. Another f...

The Gleaners Food Bank in Belleville has gone the extra mile to accomodate people needing help over the Christmas holidays. Operations Director Suzanne Quinlan says 40 hampers have been given to the p...

Only a small increase in the number of people in Belleville and Quinte West getting employment insurance. Statistics Canada says 1,520 local residents got assistance in October, the last month informa...

A Brighton man has been sentenced for two domestic disputes. Twenty-five-year-old Kevin Courneyea pled guilty in Cobourg Court to mischief and assault. The mischief charge was the result of a Septembe...

One of the opponents of disbanding the Tudor and Cashel Township fire department says the destruction of a house in Millbridge is a perfect example of why council made a mistake. Robert Fieldhouse was...

Two men have been arrested and police are looking for a third suspect in connection with an assault at a Belleville motel. A 50-year-old man suffered serious head and facial injuries when he was attac...

The chair of the Belleville Police Services Board says a review is underway following recent bomb scares at the Wal-Mart store in the city. Councillor Bob Dolan was commenting on a Toronto Sun article...

Northumberland-Quinte West MPP Lou Rinaldi was hauled up on the carpet to explain to Brighton Council why it was one of the least successful local municipalities in recent infrastructure funding annou...

Stirling Rawdon Council has heard enough on the policing issue. At Council last night, Mayor Peter Kooistra said that Council would accept no more delegations on policing. Mayor Kooistra said the issu...

Belleville Police have issued an arrest warrant for a Peterborough man wanted in connection with a vicious assault nearly a month ago at a city motel. 48-year old Randy Christopher Harrison is wanted ...