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Capital budget set for Belleville
Belleville council has set its capital budget for next year. It will be a record high total for the city at close to $87 million, but the capital spending will have no effect on tax increases resident...
John Spitters Dec 06, 2021 Director of Finance and Treasurer for the City of Belleville Carol Hinze speaks to council Monday December 6 2021. (Photo: Quinte News)
RELEASE: GO-VAXX bus stopping in Brighton
Get Aboard the GO-VAXX Bus in Brighton This Sunday to Get Vaccinated   (BRIGHTON) - Getting on this bus will help get you to where you want to be in terms of protection against COVID-19.   T...
Alana Cameron Dec 06, 2021
Efforts to make a cozier Belleville Police headquarters
Work continues to ensure people working in an area near the north wall of the new Belleville Police headquarters don't have to bundle up as winter weather sets in. The north wall was part of the exist...
John Spitters Dec 06, 2021 Outside of the Belleville Police Service Headquarters, at 459 Sidney Street. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)
Traffic stop results in drug and weapons charges
Three people have been charged in Prince Edward County following a traffic stop on Friday. Around 3:30 in the morning, OPP officers conducted a traffic stop on Hwy. 62 in Sophiasburgh, which resulted ...
Amanda Smith Dec 06, 2021
Two arrests made following shooting in Napanee
Two people from Napanee have been charged after a gun was discharged towards a home last month. Lennox and Addington OPP have charged 31-year-old Doug Huff and 22-year-old Tarone Whalen, both of Great...
Amanda Smith Dec 06, 2021
Enhanced COVID screenings at HPE schools
Hastings Prince Edward District School Board has released new student COVID screenings just weeks before students begin Christmas break. Director of Education Katherine MacIver states in a press relea...
Amanda Smith Dec 06, 2021
Skyway Bridge to be closed Tuesday overnight
A full closure of the Skyway Bridge will take place from 9 p.m. on Tuesday, December 7 until 6 a.m. on Wednesday, December 8. The closure is needed to allow contractors to remove temporary concrete ba...
Amanda Smith Dec 06, 2021 (Photo: https://hwy49quinteskyway.ca/)
Suspected fentanyl seized in Quinte West
A Prince Edward County man is facing charges of drug possession following a complaint at a local business last week. Quinte West OPP were called Friday morning to a business in Trenton located on Dund...
Amanda Smith Dec 06, 2021
PECI Parent Council donates winter planters
The season of giving is in full swing in Prince Edward County. On Friday, December 3, the Prince Edward Collegiate Institute (PECI) Parent Council delivered three winter planters to the Prince Edward ...
Amanda Smith Dec 06, 2021 Pictured at the front of the PECM Hospital (from left): Lisa Mowbray, patient services manager and site lead at QHC PECMH, JJ Syer, on behalf of the PECI Parent Council, Kate Vader on behalf of the PECI Parent Council and Briar Boyce, senior development officer with the PECMH Foundation. (Submitted Photo: Jason Hird)
Big jump in COVID-19 cases locally
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is reporting 54 new cases of COVID-19 Monday. The health unit does not report on the weekend so Monday's report includes Saturday and Sunday. With 37 recoveries th...
Aron Locke Dec 06, 2021