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Oakville man handed one-year driving ban for incident on Highway 401

An Oakville man who was charged after an April 2019 incident on Highway 401 near Marysville Road, has been handed a one-year driving ban and a year of probation. Pacian Haluzan, who was 39 at the time...

David Foot Sep 28, 2020 (Photo: Amanda Smith/Quinte News)

No new cases of COVID-19 locally, but close to 700 reported across Ontario

UPDATE @ 1:25 p.m.: HPE Public Health says the latest confirmed case of COVID-19 in the area was transmitted through close contact. A search of the health unit's COVID-19 Dashboard shows that case, wh...

David Foot Sep 28, 2020

Murder trial concludes

The second degree murder trial of a Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory man has ended and a decision on the charges against Brandon Baptiste is expected in November. The five week long judge-only trial ended ...

John Spitters Sep 28, 2020

New Search and Rescue plane arrives in Canada

The Royal Canadian Air Force has welcomed the first of 16 new planes for search and rescue efforts. The plane is an Airbus C-295 and three of them will be coming to 8 Wing Trenton before 2022. Last we...

News Sep 28, 2020 Minister of Defense Harjit Sajjan at CFB Trenton in 2016 discussing the C295 planes, 3 of which are to come to 8-Wing (Photo: Quinte News)

Vehicle recovered, Sunday afternoon fight

The Belleville Police Service responded to 50 calls for service from September 27, 2020 at 5 a.m. to September 28, 2020 at 5 a.m. Stolen vehicle recovered On September 27, 2020 at 9:50 a.m., police to...

John Spitters Sep 28, 2020 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Search and rescue personnel from 8 Wing Trenton's 424 search and rescue squadron helped rescue two lost hikers from near a lake northeast of Bon Echo Provincial Park Saturday night. The two hikers who...

John Spitters Sep 28, 2020 (Photo: Twitter/Canadian Forces)

Virtual school busy

A significant number of students with the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board are learning online at home these days. In a report to the school board, staff say enrolment in what's called...

John Spitters Sep 28, 2020 (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Quinte Skyhawks flying into Canadian Junior Football League

The Quinte Skyhawks will be expanding onto the national football landscape next fall. The local grassroots football organization has been awarded a Canadian Junior Football League franchise and will j...

David Foot Sep 27, 2020 (L-R: Skyhawks U22 Coach Warren Goldie, Belleville Mayor Mitch Panciuk, Loyalist College President Dr. Anne Marie Vaughan, Bay of Quinte MPP Todd Smith and Skyhawks President Peter Gabriel pose for a photo at the announcement of Quinte's addition into the Canadian Junior Football League, on September 27, 2020. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Vehicle hits house, pursuit

The Lennox & Addington (L&A) County detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating a serious incident that took place on County Road 41 near Kaladar. Sometime aro...

John Spitters Sep 27, 2020

UPDATE: ATV accident in Tweed

There was a serious accident involving an ATV in Tweed Saturday. The Tweed Fire Department was dispatched to Colonization Road around 5:45 p.m. OPP say a 46-year-old Belleville man lost control of his...

Aron Locke Sep 27, 2020