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Residents push to keep property free of development

There's a lot of opposition to a proposed housing development which would feature 156 residential units of various kinds not far east of Haig Road in Belleville. The proposal calls for 99 single famil...

John Spitters Mar 01, 2021 (Photo: screenshot from Belleville Planning Advisory Committee agenda)

Quinte West council approves 2021 operating budget

Quinte West council has officially approved its 2021 operating budget. At a special budget meeting on February 8, councillors raised concerns about the proposed 1.97% increase for residential property...

Aron Locke Mar 01, 2021 (photo: City of Quinte West)

Quinte West council approves $1 million loan for Quinte Humane Society

Quinte West council has approved a loan of up to $1 million to assist the Quinte Humane Society in building its new facility. Representatives of QHS made the request at Monday's council meeting for an...

Aron Locke Mar 01, 2021 (Photo: Quinte Humane Society)

Neighborhood wants nothing to do with proposed hotel

The developer hoping to build a hotel on Millennium Parkway in Belleville is now proposing the building be four storeys high instead of five and has added more landscaping to buffer the hotel from the...

John Spitters Mar 01, 2021 Artist's rendering of proposed Tru by Hilton Hotel proposed for 99 Millennium Parkway in Belleville. (Photo: City of Belleville)

Quinte International Women's Day going virtual

Like so many other events these days, the Quinte International Women's Day celebration is going virtual. This Thursday's festivity is presented by the Small Business Centre and Trenval. The centre's B...

Alana Cameron Mar 01, 2021

Quinte West OPP begin another focused patrol in the city

Quinte West OPP say their next focused traffic patrol has begun and will run for the next two weeks. Officers will be stepping up patrols and enforcement on Baptist Church Road, between Marsh Hill Roa...

David Foot Mar 01, 2021 (Photo: Twitter / @OPP_ER)

EORN makes official request for federal/provincial cash to improve broadband services

The Eastern Ontario Regional Network has made a formal submission to the federal and provincial governments requesting money to help with the establishment of ultra-fast Gig internet to homes a...

Alana Cameron Mar 01, 2021

Vaccinations picking up in HPE

The delivery of COVID-19 Vaccines at Loyalist College began Monday as Phase 1 of the vaccine roll out continues. Dr. Oglaza says there will be other clinics scattered across the two counties as the va...

Alana Cameron Mar 01, 2021 File photo: Loyalist College COVID-19 vaccine clinic (Photo: Ben Quaiff, Loyalist College)

Quinte West OPP charge two people with impaired driving over the weekend

Two people have been charged with impaired driving in connection to incidents in Quinte West this past weekend. On Friday night, around 5:15 p.m., OPP responded to complaints of a potential impaired d...

David Foot Mar 01, 2021 (Photo: Twitter / @OPP_ER)

Belleville, Quinte West, PEC to split close to $1 million in added Safe Restart Funding

Three Bay of Quinte municipalities are splitting almost $1 million in Provincial Government funding as part of Ontario's Safe Restart Agreement. The money is being used across the province to help cit...

David Foot Mar 01, 2021