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UPDATE: Road reopened following County crash

Highway 62 at Jericho Road in Prince Edward County has reopened, following a crash Tuesday morning. Around 7:30 a.m., emergency crews were called to the crash near Canadian Forces Detachment Mountainv...

Tim Durkin Jan 19, 2021

Vaccine for inmates

Inmates at Warkworth Penitentiary, south of Campbellford, are being vaccinated against COVID-19. According to a Global News report Phase 1 vaccinations of the elderly and most at-risk inmates at Warkw...

Alana Cameron Jan 19, 2021 (Photo: Facebook/Warkworth Institution)

Belleville police report

The Belleville Police responded to 58 calls for service between January 18, 2021 at 5 a.m. and January 19, 20221 at 5 a.m. Breach of Release Condition On January 18, 2021 at 6:15 p.m., officers attend...

Alana Cameron Jan 19, 2021

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole seeks to remove Derek Sloan

Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole says he has begun the process of removing Hastings Lennox and Addington MP Derek Sloan from the party. In a statement you can read below, O'Toole is condemning S...

News Jan 18, 2021 Hastings Lennox and Addington MP Derek Sloan (Photo: submitted to Quinte News by Derek Sloan campaign - Credit: Mélanie Provencher, House of Commons Photo Services)

Chamber of Commerce announces Home for the Holidays contest winners

The Belleville Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of its Home for the Holidays Decorating Contest. In November, the Chamber asked people to register their addresses so people could drive ar...

David Foot Jan 18, 2021 Joann Hughes' home on Ashley Street was the winner of the People's Choice Award, presented by Crimestoppers, as part of the Belleville Chamber of Commerce 2020 Home for the Holidays decorating competition. (Photo: Submitted)

Belleville Council to see report on vacant council seat Wednesday afternoon

Belleville councillors will hold a special meeting on Wednesday afternoon to further discuss the vacant seat on council, left by the passing of Councillor Pat Culhane late last year. Council will rece...

David Foot Jan 18, 2021 Outside Belleville City Hall. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Pet grooming another business affected by latest lockdown

Pet groomers are calling on the Ontario government to allow them to keep working during the lockdown. Grooming businesses have been forced to close under the province's latest lockdown rules but groom...

Alana Cameron Jan 18, 2021 Mark / CC

Former local medical officer of health calls for re-evaluation of lockdowns

A former medical officer of health for Hastings Prince Edward has sided with a former Progressive Conservative MPP, who was kicked out of caucus after calling for an end to lockdowns. York Centre MPP ...

David Foot Jan 18, 2021 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Erratic driving complaint leads to two arrests near Napanee

Two people have been arrested after OPP responded to a complaint of an erratic driver on Highway 401 on Saturday afternoon. Lennox and Addington Officers got the call around 4:30 p.m. and tried to pul...

David Foot Jan 18, 2021 (Photo: Submitted / Quinte West OPP)

PEC ready to implement MAT

Prince Edward County's Municipal Accommodation Tax or MAT takes effect February 1. The County has issued a reminder that as of that date, any bookings made at motels, hotels, inns, bed and breakfast e...

Alana Cameron Jan 18, 2021