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Traffic stops result in arrests in PEC

Two separate traffic stops resulted in arrests on the weekend in Prince Edward County. Just before 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, police conducted a traffic stop on County Road 4 in Sophisburgh Ward wh...

Alana Cameron Mar 09, 2021 (Photo: Twitter / @OPP_ER)

Bancroft OPP seeking person of interest in connection with theft

Bancroft OPP are requesting the public's assistance in identifying a person of interest in connection with a theft from a business on Hastings Street North in the Town of Bancroft. Property was...

Alana Cameron Mar 09, 2021 Bancroft OPP seeking to speak to this individual captured on video surveillance as a person of interest in connection with a March 2/21 theft from a Bancroft business. (photo: supplied/Bancroft OPP)

UPDATE: Quinte West OPP recover stolen vehicle

UPDATE @ 4:15 p.m.: Quinte West OPP have vehicle that they reported as stolen earlier today. The car was originally involved in an incident with police this past weekend, when it sped away from an att...

John Spitters Mar 09, 2021 (Photo: Quinte West OPP)

B-Sens impressive in shutout win over Laval

It was a badly needed victory and a convincing one at that. The Belleville Senators put the brakes on a four game losing skid with a 3-0 shutout of the Laval Rocket. Alex Formenton broke a scoreless t...

Jack Miller Mar 09, 2021 Belleville Senators forward Egor Sokolov celebrates a goal, in a game against the Laval Rocket at the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata, on March 8, 2021. (Photo: Andre Ringuette / Freestyle Photography)

Moderate hiring expectations in second quarter

A survey by international employment firm Manpower suggests a fairly strong outlook in the Quinte region as far as the hiring of workers is concerned in the immediate future. A survey of local employe...

John Spitters Mar 09, 2021

Breach, theft, collision

The Belleville Police responded to 55 calls for service between 5 a.m. on March 8, 2021 and 5 a.m. on March 9, 2021. PROJECT RENEWAL - Breach charges On March 8, 2021, members of Project Renewal (Join...

John Spitters Mar 09, 2021

OPP cruiser goes up in flames in Brighton

OPP say a mechanical issue led to a police cruiser being destroyed by fire on Monday night. It happened in a parking lot on County Road 30 and Telephone Road in Brighton, just before 6:00 p.m., with b...

David Foot Mar 08, 2021 A mechanical issue led to an OPP cruiser catching fire in Brighton, on March 8, 2021. (Photo: Scan Quinte / Den Desmedt)

Environmental Review Tribunal hearing coming on Belleville coal tar issue

Some significant progress has been made in dealing with longtime coal tar contamination in the south part of Belleville. At Monday's council meeting, Mayor Mitch Panciuk announced that the city has be...

David Foot Mar 08, 2021 Coal tar contaminated area in Belleville's Foster Ward (File photo: John Spitters/Quinte News)

Mayor addresses death in Belleville's downtown core last week

The Mayor of Belleville has issued his condolences and provided some more information on what he calls a "tragic death" in the city's downtown core last week. Belleville Police were called to the form...

David Foot Mar 08, 2021

City agrees to match funds raised for Yardmen monument at CAA Arena

It won't go onto the budget until 2022, but Belleville Council has agreed to help fund a new monument, to honour the rail workers who raised the money to build what is now known as CAA Arena. When it ...

David Foot Mar 08, 2021 Community Archives