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Leo Finnegan honoured by PECMHF

One of Prince Edward County's most recognizable public figures is being honoured by the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation (PECMHF) with an inaugural award. PECMHF presented this award ...

Amanda Smith Apr 01, 2022

Parents, teachers at Sir James Whitney demand more funding, resources from the province

Parents and teachers of children at Ontario's four schools for the deaf and blind, including Belleville's Sir James Whitney say the time for talking is over and want action from the provincial governm...

Alana Cameron Mar 31, 2022 Parents, students and teachers rally outside Sir James Whitney School in Belleville demanding the province provide more funding and resources, March 31, 2022. (Photo: Alana Cameron/Quinte News)

Three more arrests made as part of Project Renewal

Two Belleville residents have been arrested following a drug trafficking investigation in the city. Members of Project Renewal, along with the Belleville Police Emergency Response Team and K9 Unit exe...

Amanda Smith Mar 31, 2022

One arrested in Bancroft break and enter

During the morning of March 31, 2022, at approximately 1:45 a m , officers from the Bancroft OPP attended a local business in the Town of Bancroft regarding a break and enter. Hours later, Bancroft of...

Alana Cameron Mar 31, 2022 Stolen property recovered by Bancroft OPP, March 31, 2022. (Photo: submitted)

Release: Telephone Road closed on Saturday

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Notice of road closure April 2 on Telephone Road QUINTE WEST, March 31, 2022 - Telephone Road from County Road 40 to Tate Road will be closed to through traffic on April 2, 2022,...

Alana Cameron Mar 31, 2022

Talks continuing between Belleville Transit workers and the City

Wages are still a major issue as a strike deadline looms for Belleville Transit employees. The members of Unifor Local 1839 will be in a legal strike position Friday morning at 4 a.m. Assistant to the...

Alana Cameron Mar 31, 2022

New technology used to help identify remains

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have released a clay facial reconstruction in the hope of identifying human remains first recovered west of Kingston in October 1989. At a virtual media conference ...

Amanda Smith Mar 31, 2022

Ground broken on major school expansion in Belleville

The dignitaries and shovels were on hand Thursday morning in east end Belleville, as ground was officially broken on upgrades to St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School on Bridge Street East. In Februar...

Tim Durkin Mar 31, 2022 Political dignitaries, students and staff at St Joseph Catholic School, and staff and board members for ALCDSB at the ground breaking for upgrades/renovations/expansion at the east end Belleville school (Photo: Tim Durkin/ Quinte News)

Stolen vehicle, warrant arrest

Belleville police responded to 60 calls for service over a 24-hour period from 5 a.m. on March30, 2022 to 5 a.m. on March 31, 2022. Stolen Vehicle On March 30, 2022 at 11:45 a.m,. Belleville police we...

John Spitters Mar 31, 2022

Fire heavily damaged one of six units in an older row house on Prince Edward Heights near the World War 2 era army barracks known as Camp Picton last night. The call came in shortly after 6 p.m. for a...

John Spitters Mar 31, 2022 Fire scene on Prince Edward Heights March 30 2022. (Photo: Twitter/OPP)