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Kinsmen Pool closing for the season next week

The City of Belleville has announced that the Kinsmen Pool will be closing for the summer season on September 4. According to the city, there were more than 5,500 participants at the pool. As well as ...

Zach McGibbon Aug 30, 2023 June 30, 2018 Kinsmen Outdoor Pool on Dundas St. (Photo & Caption: City of Belleville)

New deal with cleaners with Loyalist College ratified

A new collective bargaining agreement between the cleaners with Loyalist College and Compass Group Canada has been ratified. According to the union representing the cleaners, the new two-year CBA will...

Zach McGibbon Aug 30, 2023

NOTICE: Traffic disruptions on County Road 32 and Gilead Road (Bloomfield) August 30

The following notice was sent by Prince Edward County NPL Canada will be installing new gas service connections -- one at 302 County Road 32 and the other at 313 Gilead Road -- on Wednesday, August 30...

Zach McGibbon Aug 29, 2023

ONA disagrees that offer is "fair and reasonable"

Public health nurses with Hastings Prince Edward Public Health are pushing back against the health unit's assertion that the offer presented to them is "fair and reasonable." On Monday, the health uni...

Zach McGibbon Aug 29, 2023

Man charged with two counts of mischief

Quinte West OPP have charged a person with mischief. Around 4 p.m. on Monday, officers responded to a home on Trenton Street in Trenton on a report of damage to a vehicle and security camera. An inves...

Zach McGibbon Aug 29, 2023 (Photo: Twitter)

8 Wing Trenton commander charged in firearms incident

Quinte West OPP says they have arrested 8 Wing Trenton commander Colonel Leif Dahl after an incident involving the use of a firearm at Murray Canal. Police say they responded to the canal on Friday ar...

Zach McGibbon Aug 28, 2023 8 Wing Trenton Commander, Leif Dahl. (Photo: Government of Canada)

Health unit says offer to public health nurses is "fair and reasonable"

The Hastings Prince Edward Public Health Unit says its offer to the 50 registered nurses, public health nurses and registered practical nurses currently on strike is fair and reasonable. The lone stic...

Zach McGibbon Aug 28, 2023 Day 8 of the Ontario Nurses Association Local 31 strike at Hastings Prince Edward Public Health. August 28, 2023. (Photo: Zach McGibbon/Quinte News)

Public health nurses denied request to speak with local councils

The Ontario Nurses Association says it was denied requests for public health nurses and a county resident to speak to city and county council members. This includes Hastings County, Prince Edward Coun...

Zach McGibbon Aug 25, 2023 Striking Hastings Prince Edward Public Health nurses listen to a speech by ONA representative Josh Davidson Marcon, August 21, 2023. (Photo: Alana Cameron/Quinte News)

Belleville Dragon Boat Festival taking place Saturday

The Belleville Dragon Boat Festival will be taking place for the first time since 2019. Hosted by the Belleville Dragon Boat Club, the festival will be taking place at Victoria Park from 9 a.m. to 4 p...

Zach McGibbon Aug 24, 2023 The Belleville Dragon Boat Club taking part in the Arnprior Dragon Boat Festival. (Photo: Belleville Dragon Boat Club Facebook page)

Tentative agreement reached with cleaners with Loyalist College

A tentative agreement has been made between the cleaners at Loyalist College and the employer, Compass Group Canada. On August 17, the cleaners voted overwhelmingly for a strike after working without ...

Zach McGibbon Aug 24, 2023