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CT scanner arrives at North Hastings Hospital

The following was submitted by Quinte Health. After months of construction and anticipation, Quinte Health North Hastings Hospital (NHH) is now equipped with its own state-of-the-art Computed Tomograp...

Zach McGibbon Feb 05, 2024 Ribbon cutting ceremony with members of Quinte Health at North Hastings Hospital. (Photo provided by: Quinte Health)

Two turn themselves in, two others still at large

Two people who were wanted in connection with a home invasion, kidnapping and assault in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory have turned themselves in to police. Forty-two-year-old Laura Lee Leween and 44-yea...

Zach McGibbon Feb 05, 2024 37-year-old Patrick Lennox of Napanee and 36-year-old Ashley Cummings of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory remain at large in a home invasion, kidnapping and assault investigation on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. (Photos provided by: OPP)

Increase in new library cards at Tyendinaga Township Public Library

Tyendinaga Township Public Library saw a big increase in the number of new patrons/library cards for 2023. In a presentation to Tyendinaga Township council, members with the library showed that there ...

Zach McGibbon Feb 02, 2024

Man pleads guilty in historical sexual assault case

A Trenton man has pleaded guilty in relation to a historical sexual assault investigation. Derek Bemister pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual assault. Bemister was initially charged by Quinte West OP...

Zach McGibbon Feb 02, 2024 Outside the front entrance of the Quinte Consolidated Courthouse in Belleville. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Six people charged, four arrest warrants issued, in home invasion and kidnapping investigation

Six people have been charged, with police issuing arrest warrants for four of them, related to a home invasion and kidnapping investigation. The incident happened on Sunday around 4:30 a.m. at a home ...

Zach McGibbon Feb 01, 2024 Arrest warrants have been issued for 37-year-old Patrick Lennox of Napanee, 42-year-old Laura Lee Leween of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, 36-year-old Ashley Cummings of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, and 44-year-old Jamie Kunkel of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in a home invasion and kidnapping investigation. (Photos provided by: OPP)

Charges laid in serious inmate assault at Millhaven Institution

The Ontario Provincial Police-led Joint Forces Penitentiary Squad has charged an inmate at Millhaven Institution in Kingston following a serious assault at the facility. Correctional Service of Canada...

Zach McGibbon Jan 31, 2024 Aerial image of Millhaven Institution near Kingston.

Pickering plant refurbishment puts new focus on potential Marmora hydroelectric project

The announcement of the refurbishment of the Pickering nuclear power plant has put a new focus on plans to have Pumped Hydroelectric Energy Storage in Marmora. The Marmora Pumped Storage Project is a ...

Zach McGibbon Jan 30, 2024

Fire being investigated at residence

The following was submitted by Northumberland OPP On January 29, 2024 at approximately 7:50 a.m., members of the Northumberland OPP responded to a report of a structure fire at a residence on Megyaak ...

Zach McGibbon Jan 29, 2024

$799,000 in funding coming to Quinte Children's Treatment Centre

Ontario has announced $799,000 in funding for the Quinte Children's Treatment Centre in an announcement on Monday. The funding is part of an over $2.5 million boost to pediatric services for children ...

Zach McGibbon Jan 29, 2024 President and CEO of Quinte Health, Stacey Daub, welcoming a funding announcement for pediatric services in Belleville, Kingston and the Thousand Islands. January 29, 2024. (Photo: Zach McGibbon/Quinte News)

Traffic offense alert leads to drug charges

The following was submitted by Northumberland OPP. On January 27, 2024 at approximately 9 a.m., an officer from the Northumberland OPP was on patrol on County Road 25 when an Automated Licence Plate R...

Zach McGibbon Jan 29, 2024