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Driver not impaired but passenger wanted by police

An investigation into a suspected impaired driver resulted in drug charges against a passenger. Thursday afternoon, Quinte West OPP responded to a report of a possible impaired driver on Sidney Street...

Alana Cameron Aug 20, 2021 Fentanyl and Percocet seized by Quinte West OPP during an investigation on August 19, 2021. (Photo: supplied/Quinte West OPP)

RELEASE: Upcoming HPEPH pop-up vaccine clinics

Public Service Announcement - Pop-up vaccine clinics Aug. 20-28 COVID-19 rates are increasing throughout the province. Don't delay - get fully vaccinated to prevent serious illness related to COVID-19...

Alana Cameron Aug 20, 2021

RELEASE: SIU continues to investigate November 2020 Kawartha Lakes incident

Mississauga, ON (20 August, 2021) --- The Special Investigations Unit continues to investigate an incident involving the deaths of a one-year-old boy and his 33-year-old father in Kawartha Lakes last ...

Alana Cameron Aug 20, 2021

Search warrant in QW results in two arrests

Two people are facing charges following a drug investigation by Quinte West OPP. Thursday afternoon, the OPP Community Street Crime Units (CSCU) of Quinte West, Central Hastings, and Prince Edward Cou...

John Spitters Aug 20, 2021

SIU: no basis for criminal charges against two Belleville Police officers

There will be no criminal charges laid against two Belleville Police Service officers in connection with a man who suffered an overdose last April. Special Investigations Unit Director Joseph Martino ...

Alana Cameron Aug 20, 2021

PEC farmers make donation to new hospital campaign

Dairy Producers in Prince Edward County "Back the Build." Friday, a group of farmers representing the local Dairy Producers and their families presented the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foun...

John Spitters Aug 20, 2021 Pictured at Prinzhaven Farms from left: Briar Boyce, senior development officer with PECMHF; Kane Rutgers, dairy producer; Tyas deBoef, dairy producer; AJ deBoef, chairperson of the PEC Dairy Producers; Nancy Parks, Back the Build campaign co-chair; Greg Elliott, dairy producer; Shannon Coull, executive director of the PECMH Foundation; Phil Prinzen, dairy producer and Sally Cowan, Back the Build campaign cabinet member. (Photo: submitted/Selena Prinzen)

Busy day for JRCC

Members of Trenton Joint Rescue Coordination Centre were busy earlier this week. On Monday, a pilot and a passenger of a Maule aircraft made an emergency landing and were stranded near Lake Frileux, Q...

Alana Cameron Aug 20, 2021 RCAF Operations 435 Squadron crew aboard a CC-130 drops supplies to boaters stranded on an island in Nunavut, August, 16, 2021. (Photo: Twitter/JRCC)

QHBA addressing the construction skilled trades shortage across the Quinte region

The Quinte Home Builders Association has received an infusion of cash from the provincial government to support skilled trades. An under-construction subdivision in Belleville was the backdrop this mo...

Alana Cameron Aug 20, 2021 Pictured L-R: Quinte West Mayor Jim Alyea, Hastings County Warden Rick Phillips, Prince Edward County Mayor Steve Ferguson, QHBA president Jon Van Huizen, QHBA CEO Ruth Estwick, BOQ MPP Todd Smith, Belleville Mayor Mitch Panciuk, QHBA member Brad Newbatt (Frontier Homes Quinte) (Photo: Quinte News/Alana Cameron

Charges after collision in Tweed

A 28 year woman from Maynooth faces several charges following a single vehicle collision in Tweed Tuesday. Central Hastings OPP say the involved vehicle had been reported stolen previously. The driver...

John Spitters Aug 20, 2021

Williams passionate and committed

The Conservative candidate for Bay of Quinte riding is calling the next 10 years Quinte's decade. Appearing on CJBQ's Lorne Brooker Show Friday Ryan Williams he intends to work tirelessly to grow jobs...

John Spitters Aug 20, 2021 Ryan Williams. (Photo: submitted)