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POLICE RELEASE: Impaired driver in drive-thru

The Belleville Police responded to 75 calls for service between August 6, 2021 at 5 a.m. and August 7, 2021 at 5 a.m. Impaired Driver in the Drive-Thru At approximately 1:15 a.m., Belleville police we...

News Aug 07, 2021

Provincial and federal governments commit funding for high speed internet projects

The journey towards reliable internet services in eastern Ontario received a boost from the federal and provincial governments Friday. The Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure announced that the two gov...

Aron Locke Aug 07, 2021 File photo: (Photo: Hastings County Twitter)

Napanee OPP searching for missing man

Napanee OPP are asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing man. Police put out a missing person bulletin for 71-year-old Martin Worth of Napanee early Saturday morning. Worth was last se...

Aron Locke Aug 07, 2021 (Photo courtesy: OPP)

More people working in July

The region's unemployment rate dropped almost two percentage points last month. The rate for Belleville Census Metropolitan Area, which includes Belleville, Quinte West, Tyendinaga and Stirling-Rawdon...

Alana Cameron Aug 06, 2021 GotCredit / CC

Friday afternoon fire in Quinte West

A house fire in Quinte West Friday afternoon caused about $300,000 damage. Quinte West Fire Stations 5 and 7, OPP, Hastings Quinte EMS, Hydro One and Enbridge Gas all responded to a house fire on Pete...

Alana Cameron Aug 06, 2021 Quinte West Firefighters put out a blaze at a home on Peterson Street, August 6, 2021. (Photo: submitted/QWFD Chief John Whelan)

Construction boom continues in Prince Edward County

The run on construction in the Bay of Quinte didn't slow in Prince Edward County during the month of July. Last month there were a total of 96 permits issued, for the third straight month, carrying a ...

Aron Locke Aug 06, 2021

Young entrepreneurs support BGHF

Two young entrepreneurs are using their skills to support the Belleville General Hospital Foundation. In 2020, 13-year-old Grace Bonn and 11-year-old Sophie Gaber started their handmade bracelet compa...

Alana Cameron Aug 06, 2021 Grace Bonn and Sophie Gaber donate proceeds from special edition bracelet to BGHF, Friday, August 6, 2021. (photo: submitted/BGHF)

Active cases take another jump in HPE

Thirteen new cases of COVID-19 were reported Friday by Hastings Prince Edward Public Health. The HPEPH dashboard shows 24 cases are now active across the two counties. There have been two recoveries s...

Alana Cameron Aug 06, 2021

Ribbon-cutting for Sagonaska Bridge

Belleville Mayor Mitch Panciuk, members of City Council and Bay of Quinte MPP Todd Smith were among those at Argyle Park Friday morning celebrating the completion of the Sagonaska Bridge rehabilitatio...

Alana Cameron Aug 06, 2021 Belleville Mayor Mitch Panciuk, Bay of Quinte MPP Todd Smith and others celebrate the completion of the Sagonaska Bridge rehabilitation, August 6, 2021. (Photo: Quinte News/Alana Cameron)

UPDATE: Missing woman found

UPDATE: MISSING PERSON LOCATED Belleville ON - 6th August 2021 - The Belleville Police Service is pleased to report that Kennedy BUIKEMA has been located safe. We would further like to thank the publi...

David Foot Aug 06, 2021 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)