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Belleville Police Report; Grandparent scam, Break & Enter

Belleville Police Service responded to 68 calls for service in the 24-hour period from 5 a.m. on March 9, 2023 to 5 a.m. on March 10, 2023. Grandparent Scam Belleville police are reminding citi...

Zach McGibbon Mar 10, 2023

Royal Canadian Legion's District F Hospital Fund makes donation to Hospice Prince Edward

The following release was sent by Hospice Prince Edward. Members of the Royal Canadian Legion's District F Hospital Fund presented Hospice Prince Edward with a donation of $11,419 to replace mattresse...

Zach McGibbon Mar 10, 2023 Pictured: L-R: Sandy Barnes, HPE Executive Director; Diane Kennedy, RCL Branch 78 Prince Edward County; Buck Buchanan, RCL Branch 160 Wellington; Don Ramsey, Chair District F Hospital Fund; Lynn Deering, District F Immediate Past Commander; Larry Lamble, District F Commander; Judy Hessman, Commander Zone F3; Annette Gaskin, HPE Board Secretary. (Photo: Hospice Prince Edward)

Local unemployment rate drops

After increasing significantly in January the local unemployment rate decreased significantly last month. According to Statistics Canada, February's unemployment rate in the Belleville Census Metropol...

John Spitters Mar 10, 2023

Brock Woods "wheels" into the Virginia Hall of Fame

(Photo: Twitter) A Belleville native is about to be enshrined in a Hall of Fame in West Virginia. Brock Woods will join longtime NHL coach Peter Laviolette in the Wheeling Hockey Hall of Fame Class fo...

Jack Miller Mar 10, 2023

Sunshine List: dollar's worth past to present

It's that time of year when Ontario public sector employers release their so-called Sunshine Lists, lists of employees earning $100,000 a year or more. Many people think the Sunshine List has been irr...

John Spitters Mar 10, 2023 Evan Lovely / CC

Junior hockey playoffs in full swing

Pirates survive Rebels The Campbellford Rebels finished 41 points behind the Picton Pirates in the Provincial Junior C Hockey League's regular season however they threw a scare into them in Game 1 of ...

Jack Miller Mar 10, 2023

Quinte West's Hops on the Water Festival one of the best

The City of Quinte West's Hops on the Water festival has beennamed one of the Top 100 festivals in Ontario by the Festivals and Events Ontario (FEO)association. The FEO Top 100 Awards program recogniz...

John Spitters Mar 10, 2023 Left to right: Nick Ogden and Colleen Vickers. (Photo: City of Quinte West)

UPDATE: Northumberland shooting incident

The Ontario Provincial Police have taken over a shooting incident investigation from the Coboug Police Service. Early Tuesday a man was dropped off at Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg sufferin...

John Spitters Mar 10, 2023

Sunshine for the City of Belleville's top earners

The City of Belleville has released its Sunshine List for 2022, a list of public sector employees making more than $100,000 a year. The list names 177 people, up from 172 last year. Of those people, 8...

Alan-Michael Steele Mar 09, 2023

Local high school students already have options to begin training in skilled trades

Ontario has announced it's allowing students in Grade 11 to begin working toward their apprenticeships in skilled trades while earning a secondary school diploma but a similar program is already under...

Alana Cameron Mar 09, 2023