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Over 600 pot plants seized in Stone Mills

Nearly 600 cannabis plants have been seized in Stone Mills Township. Lennox and Addington OPP, along with the East Region Community Street Crime Unit, Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau and Emergency ...

Amanda Smith Oct 02, 2020

UPDATED: No foul play in death investigation

Belleville Police have provided an update to an investigation into the discovery of a body Wednesday night. Around 11:00 pm, a caller phoned city police, claiming to discover a body in the woods in a ...

Tim Durkin Oct 02, 2020 Belleville Police along the 401 on the Highway 37 off ramp (Photo: Melissa Dempsey)

RELEASE: Fund set up to help local tourism businesses battle COVID-19

A new fund will help offset the costs that tourism businesses and organizations have faced to ensure the health and safety of guests and staff during COVID-19. The new $450,000 adaptation fund, suppor...

David Foot Oct 01, 2020

Province updates COVID-19 screening guidelines for students

The province has updated its COVID-19 screening guidance for children in school to remove abdominal pain and pink eye from the list of symptoms. It also says children with symptoms such as a runny nos...

David Foot Oct 01, 2020

Former China Gate Restaurant sold, with apartments and more on the way

An Ottawa-based developer has purchased a well known building on Front Street in Belleville and hopes to add a bit of life into the Downtown District. Bruce Firestone recently bought the former China ...

David Foot Oct 01, 2020 The former China Gate Restaurant building on Front Street in the Belleville Downtown District. (Photo: John Spitters / Quinte News)

Boundary Bridge project complete

The Hawkins Bay Bridge, also known as the new Boundary Bridge, in Tweed is complete. The bridge is one of the first projects to be completed under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, which...

Amanda Smith Oct 01, 2020

Loyalist Board of Governors welcomes new chair

There is a new chair of the Loyalist College Board of Governors. Pam Jolliffe has been appointed for a one year term and succeeds Bob Forder, who served as chair since 2017. Jolliffe joined the Board ...

Amanda Smith Oct 01, 2020

Trent Port Marina working on cleaning up the waterway

Trent Port Marina in Quinte West is one of 23 marinas around the Great Lakes that is taking part in a new project to clean up the waterways. Marina Assistant General Manager Andrew Belaj says they hav...

Tim Durkin Oct 01, 2020 (l) A Seabin drags in water and debris to clean up water, while a LittaTrap filters water and debris that goes into a storm drain (Photo: Andrew Belaj)

Celebrating National Seniors Day

The City of Belleville is celebrating National Seniors Day today (October 1). In attendance were mayors Mitch Panciuk, Brian Ostrander and Steve Ferguson, along with MP Neil Ellis and David Joyce repr...

Amanda Smith Oct 01, 2020 Local dignitaries and councillors along with CARP Greater Bay of Quinte Chapter 39 representatives raise the CARP flag at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre to celebrate National Seniors Day in Canada. (Photo: Amanda Smith/Quinte News)

Weapons and drugs seized

On September 30, 2020 members of Project Renewal (A Joint Forces Operation between Belleville Police Service Drugs and Intelligence Unit and Ontario Provincial Police - Organized Crime Enforcement Bur...

John Spitters Oct 01, 2020 Items seized by police Wednesday September 30/20. (Photo: submitted)