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WATCH: Quinte's best businesses to be honoured tonight

The annual Quinte Business Achievement Awards will be handed out virtually this evening, after the gala was moved online due to COVID-19. A total of 117 local businesses have been nominated in 15 cate...

David Foot Oct 23, 2020

Arrests after indecent acts

Three people face indecent act charges after two separate incidents yesterday (Thursday) in Belleville. Shortly after 1 p.m., city police responded after reports of a man exposing himself on a trail i...

John Spitters Oct 23, 2020

Belleville city council expense report

The City of Belleville has released the amounts claimed for various expenses by members of city council for 2019. Mayor Mitch Panciuk claimed $8,577.40 while the councillors claimed the following: Pau...

John Spitters Oct 23, 2020

Big cleanup effort Saturday

Be careful driving on highways and in neighborhoods tomorrow (Saturday). People will be out collecting trash throughout the area as they take part in the annual Quinte Trash Bash. Communities involved...

John Spitters Oct 23, 2020

Ouellet named 2021 Guardian Angel

A man who prefers to fly under the radar when it comes to his philanthropic efforts is stepping into the spotlight. Bernie Ouellet was named the 2021 Guardian Angel for the 21st annual Guardian Angel ...

Amanda Smith Oct 22, 2020 Bernie Ouellet was named the 2021 Guardian Angel for The Children's Foundation, on October 22, 2020. (Photo: Amanda Smith / Quinte News)

A bold achievement and a fresh start

There was nothing easy about the process, a process that has taken several years. But today (Thursday) at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Cit...

John Spitters Oct 22, 2020 Mayor of Belleville Mitch Panciuk (left) and President of the Belleville Agriculture Society Jamie Chatten sign a Memorandum of Understanding at a special event at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre Thursday October 22/20. (Photo: Quinte News)

Three new COVID cases reported

The Hastings Prince Edward Public Health Unit is reporting three new COVID-19 cases today (Thursday). This brings the number of active cases locally up to ten. The transmission for all three cases is ...

Amanda Smith Oct 22, 2020

OPP raiding illegal cannabis operations across Ontario

Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have seized over 122,000 illegal cannabis plants across Ontario since the beginning of July. OPP Regional Community Street Crime Units (CSCU), along with...

Tim Durkin Oct 22, 2020

Drug and driving charges laid in Trenton traffic stop

On Tuesday October 20, 2020, at 10:30 a.m., members of the Quinte West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Dundas Street West in Trenton. Police investigation...

Tim Durkin Oct 22, 2020

Fraudsters increase in region

Since April of 2020, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Eastern Ontario have received an increased number of complaints from local businesses who have fallen victim to fraudsters purchasing items ...

Tim Durkin Oct 22, 2020