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Local officials react to 2021 Federal Budget

Belleville mayor pleased to see Feds plan to spend moving forward Belleville's mayor says he's pleased to see the Federal Government is planning to spend on more than just the COVID-19 recovery. Mayor...

News Apr 19, 2021 Nathan Forget / CC

Conservative Party to seek HL&A board revocation

A local federal Conservative riding association could be dissolved. Hastings Lennox and Addington Riding President Carlo Petracca tells Quinte News, he has received a letter from the national party, s...

News Apr 14, 2021 H-L&A MP Derek Sloan is running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada. He spoke to the Bay of Quinte AGM at the Belleville Club (Photo: Bay of Quinte Conservative EDA)

Clarifying vaccine debate: Cassidy

A member of the Hastings Prince Edward Board of Health says he wants to clarify statements about giving education workers COVID-19 vaccine priority. Quinte West Councillor Terry Cassidy points to the ...

News Apr 13, 2021 Quinte West Councillor Terry Cassidy (Photo: Quinte News)

QW man arrested last week, arrested again

The Quinte West OPP has laid charges after an officer located and arrested a Quinte West resident on an outstanding warrant. On April 9, 2021, at approximately 4:30 p.m., a Quinte West OPP officer obs...

News Apr 12, 2021

Disturbance involving knife in Prince Edward County

Prince Edward County OPP have laid charges after a disturbance early last week (Monday) on Big Island. Officers responded to a residence on the evening of March 29 after reports of a fight. As a resul...

News Apr 06, 2021

Impaired, obstruct charges laid against QW man

On March 30, 2021 shortly after 9:00 p.m., officers from the Bancroft OPP observed a motor vehicle crossing the centre line and driving on the shoulder on Highway 62 in the Town of Bancroft. The vehic...

News Apr 06, 2021

Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Minister joins Brooker

Ontario's Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism, and Culture was on the Lorne Brooker Show Monday. Lisa MacLeod discussed the COVID pandemic, and the one billion dollars from the province to assist dur...

News Mar 29, 2021 Minister Lisa MacLeod speaks at Glanmore National Historia site, as MPP Todd Smith (l) and Belleville Mayor Mitch Panciuk (r) look on (Photo: Quinte News)

PHOTOS AND VIDEO: Tweedsmuir is no more

UPDATE @ 4:00 p.m.: Firefighters have been on scene for almost 12 hours after the historic Tweedsmuir Hotel burned down early this morning. Crews from Tweed, Stirling and Centre Hastings responded to ...

News Mar 10, 2021 Downtown Tweed filled with smoke as the Tweedsmuir Taven burned (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)

Controversial MPP discusses COVID-19 with Mix Morning Crew

A regional Member of Provincial Parliament, who was recently removed from Twitter over COVID-19 messaging, talked with the Mix Morning Crew Thursday morning. Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston Independent MPP ...

News Mar 04, 2021 (photo: lifesitenews.com)

SIU lay charges against two members of Belleville Police

Charges have been laid against two Belleville Police officers related to an incident this past September. According to the SIU, on September 22, three men were arrested after Belleville Police execute...

News Feb 25, 2021