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Police chase on Highway 401 ends in Napanee area

Police have laid charges after a chase on Highway 401 Thursday that started near Brockville and ended in the Napanee area. Leeds County officers tried to stop a car in the westbound lanes, around 1:00...

David Foot Sep 25, 2020 (Photo: Twitter / @OPP_ER)

PEC Mayor urging vigilance in continued battle with COVID-19

The mayor of Prince Edward County is urging residents to not let their guard down "in any way shape or form" when it comes to COVID-19, after another new case was confirmed in the area on Thursday. Ma...

David Foot Sep 25, 2020 Prince Edward County Mayor Steve Ferguson at the Regent Theatre on December 4, 2018. (Photo: Amanda Smith/Quinte News)

OPP investigating suspicious house fire in Northumberland County

An investigation is underway into what police are calling a suspicious structure fire in Alnwick-Haldimand Township Thursday afternoon. Flames broke out in a home on Dunnette Landing Road, just south ...

David Foot Sep 25, 2020

One new case of COVID-19 in Hastings-Prince Edward, seven active in Northumberland

Public Health Officials are reporting one new confirmed case of COVID-19 in Hastings-Prince Edward today. HPE Public Health says the new case, which is the only one currently active here, was confirme...

David Foot Sep 25, 2020

Quinte West Doors Open going virtual

The annual Doors Open event in Quinte West is still happening this year, with a twist. The ninth annual event will be entirely virtual this year because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The number of...

Amanda Smith Sep 25, 2020

Riding to remember police officers who've made ultimate sacrifice

About 20 police officers from various departments in Eastern Ontario gathered this morning (Friday) in Belleville's Market Square. They were not in regular uniforms but instead decked out in bicycling...

John Spitters Sep 25, 2020 National Police Memorial Ride to Remember officers gather in Belleville's Market Square Friday morning (September 25/20). (Photo: Quinte News)

Millions of dollars approved for new hospital

There's great news for current and future residents of Prince Edward County this morning (Friday). Yesterday, the provincial government's Treasury Board approved the funding necessary to build a brand...

John Spitters Sep 25, 2020

RELEASE: Vehicle found on Millennium Trail

Members from The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Prince Edward County Detachment arrested a driver Friday morning. On Friday September 25, 2020, shortly after 4:00 a.m., officers responded to a single...

John Spitters Sep 25, 2020 Photo: OPP/Twitter

It's a bonus bus!

It's always nice to get more bang for your buck and it seems the City of Belleville has done exactly that. The city applied for and received funding from the federal and provincial governments to help...

John Spitters Sep 25, 2020

Land options in Belleville for Habitat for Humanity project

Belleville city council will see a report outlining some location options for a major housing project proposed by Habitat for Humanity Prince Edward-Hastings a couple of weeks ago. Habitat is proposin...

John Spitters Sep 25, 2020 (Photo: Quinte News)