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"This was avoidable": Quinte West man given six-year custodial sentence in fatal October 2021 collision

A Quinte West man has been sentenced to six years in custody for impaired driving causing death in the October 2021 collision that killed 22-year-old Rebecca Beatty and 23-year-old Anastasia Collins. ...

Zach McGibbon Aug 22, 2025 The Belleville Combined Courthouse. Photo: Alan-Michael Steele, Quinte News,

Quinte West Planning Committee approves rezoning for Birch Street housing plan

Quinte West's Planning Advisory Committee has approved a rezoning application allowing for two townhouse structures to be built on Birch Street. The development at 5 Birch Street would see the constru...

Alana Cameron Aug 22, 2025

UPDATE: County Road 30 REOPENS after truck rollover

UPDATE: The road was reopened as of 9:50 a.m. A single-vehicle collision Friday morning in the Municipality of Brighton has closed County Road 30. Northumberland OPP say a trailer unit rolled n...

Alana Cameron Aug 22, 2025

Two people arrested on warrants in Belleville

Belleville police responded to 106 calls for service over a 24-hour period from 5 a.m. on August 21, 2025 to 5 a.m. on August 22, 2025. Warrants On August 21, 2025 at approximately 8:10 p.m., Bellevil...

Alana Cameron Aug 22, 2025

Two Belleville residents charged in Kingston drug investigation

Two residents of Belleville are among those facing charges after drugs were found in a stuffed animal in Kingston. Earlier this month, the Kingston Police Street Crime Unit launched an investigation i...

Alana Cameron Aug 22, 2025 Drugs and other items seized by Kingston Police during the execution of a search warrant on Weller Avenue, August 13, 2025. (Photo: Kingston Police)

Two human cases of West Nile Virus in SEHU region

The South East Health Unit is confirming the first two human cases of West Nile Virus in the region. West Nile Virus is an infection spread to humans usually through the bite of an infected mosquito. ...

Zach McGibbon Aug 21, 2025 frankieleon / CC

Belleville Police Report - August 21, 2025

Breach of Probation On August 20, 2025 at 9:32 a.m., Belleville police attended an apartment complex in the city's east end regarding a report of a disturbance. It was reported that a male was breachi...

News Aug 21, 2025

EOWC highlights participation at AMO

The Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus (EOWC) - representing 103 rural and small urban municipalities - participated in the 2025 Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Conference, held in the Cit...

News Aug 21, 2025 (left-to-right): Mike Gladstone, Vice President, Utility Public Affairs and Communications, Enbridge; Lisa Thomspon, Minster, Ministry of Rural Affairs; Bonnie Clark, Chair, EOWC; Kevin Mariott, Vice-Chair, WOWC; Pauline Rochefort, Parliamentary Secretary, Secretary of State (Rural Development); and Christa Lowry, Chair, ROMA.

SIU concludes investigation into motorcylist death in Madoc

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit has concluded that there are no reasonable grounds to believe an OPP officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the death of a motorcyclist in Madoc....

Zach McGibbon Aug 21, 2025

Section of 2nd Dug Hill Road to close until Spring 2026 for Trenton trunk sewer project

The City of Quinte West says a section of 2nd Dug Hill Road between Highway 2 and Loyalist Parkway will be closed beginning on August 25 for a water and sewer installation as part of the Trenton trunk...

Zach McGibbon Aug 21, 2025 (Photo: The City of Quinte West)