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Sunday gun hunting back in spotlight

Sunday gun hunting is back in front of Brighton council. At its virtual meeting tonight council will see a staff recommendation that the public be given 60 days to comment on these changes. One would ...

John Spitters Feb 01, 2021 Current logo set to be updated.

Quinte region growing fast

Statistics Canada has confirmed what many people instinctively know to be true. The Quinte region's population is growing rapidly. In the 12 months from July of 2019 to July of last year, population i...

John Spitters Feb 01, 2021 (Photo: Quinte News)

Sunday: Local COVID-19 update

There has only been one new confirmed case of COVID-19 infection reported in Hastings and Prince Edward counties in the past seven days. Sunday, public health again reported no new cases of the of the...

John Spitters Jan 31, 2021 sergio santos / CC

Saturday COVID-19 update

We have another clean sheet Saturday in Hastings and Prince Edward counties as far as COVID-19 infections are concerned. Again HPE Public Health reported no new cases of the novel coronavirus. Three p...

John Spitters Jan 30, 2021

Spreading the word about cellular coverage

The campaign to get improved cellular service to Eastern Ontario was taken directly to a group of technology businesses in the Quinte area recently. About 40 business people attended a session on the ...

Mary Thomas Jan 30, 2021 Pug50 / CC

Quinte West man arrested following incident at Shopper's Drug Mart

A Quinte West resident is facing multiple charges after threatening to burn down the Shopper's Drug Mart on Sidney Street in Belleville. Around 10:30 a.m. on Friday, police were called to the store to...

Aron Locke Jan 30, 2021 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Belleville Police respond to 49 calls including a stolen trailer

The Belleville Police Service responded to 49 calls for service from 5 a.m. on Friday January 29, 2021 to 5 a.m. on Saturday January 30, 2021. Among those calls, Friday around 2:40 p.m., police were c...

Aron Locke Jan 30, 2021

OPP find illicit drugs with street value close to $114,000 during bust in Northumberland

Two people are facing multiple drug trafficking charges after OPP executed a search warrant at a home in Alnwick-Haldimand Township this week, that netted various illicit items with a street value of ...

David Foot Jan 29, 2021 Police arrested two people and seized close to $114,000 of illegal drugs and cash, during a raid on a home in Alnwick-Haldimand, on January 28, 2021. (Photo: Submitted / Northumberland)

RELEASE: Lower Trent Conservation issues flood outlook statement

Lower Trent Conservation advises municipalities and the public that a Flood Outlook Statement has been issued for the local creeks within Lower Trent Watershed region (area stretching for Grafton to Q...

David Foot Jan 29, 2021

Belleville Warming Centre open nightly all weekend

Frigid temperatures this weekend have prompted the City of Belleville to keep its warming centre open through Sunday night. The warming centre, in the old Belleville Police headquarters on Dundas Stre...

David Foot Jan 29, 2021 Outside of the City of Belleville Warming Centre, at the former Belleville Police Service Headquarters, on Dundas Street East. (Photo: Quinte News)