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Four charged in Project Renewal arrests at The Traveler's Inn

Belleville police say they arrested and charged four people with drug-related offences after executing a Project Renewal warrant at The Traveler's Inn. The warrant was executed at the motel just befor...

Zach McGibbon Dec 6, 2024 Drugs seized in Project Renewal arrests on December 6, 2024. (Photo submitted)

Remembering the 14 victims of the mass femicide known as the Montreal Massacre

There was a sombre but important event today at The CORE Arts and Culture Centre in Belleville. A candlelight vigil was held commemorating the tragic deaths of 14 women at Ecole Polytechnique in Montr...

John Spitters Dec 6, 2024 The Rose Ceremony where those at the vigil place a red rose in front of each photo of the 14 women killed in the Montreal Massacre. (Photo: Quinte News)

Angelo steps in as Quinte West CAO

There has been a change in the role of top administrator in the City of Quinte West. David Clazie has stepped away from role of Chief Administrative Officer. The reason is not known. Director of Publi...

Alana Cameron Dec 6, 2024 Quinte West Acting CAO and Director of Public Works and Environmental Services Chris Angelo. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Local unemployment rate continues to fall as national rate climbs

Statistics Canada's November labour force survey shows the country's unemployment rate rose last month but the local number is very different. That national rate climbed to 6.8 per cent from 6.5 per c...

Alana Cameron Dec 6, 2024 Got Credit / CC

Toronto company with local ties donates to Trenton Food Bank

A Toronto company is laying out a challenge to help local food banks. Mandrake, a national recruitment firm, has a local connection through their vice president, Quinte West resident Lynn Doyle. To gi...

Alana Cameron Dec 6, 2024 Rob - Mandrake Vice President and Lynn - Mandrake Vice President. (Photo: Tim Durkin/Quinte News)

RIDE time in Belleville

The Belleville Police Service announces the launch of this year's Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) program, aimed at ensuring the safety of our community on local roadways during the ...

Tim Durkin Dec 6, 2024

Message from the Quinte Labour Council

Today, December 6, is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Below is a letter from the Quinte Labour Council. Today we mark a somber anniversary. On December 6, 1989, a...

John Spitters Dec 6, 2024

Plenty of construction in PEC in November

The value of construction activity was well up in Prince Edward County last month. The municipality issued 44 permits with a construction value of $10.7 million in November. During the same month last...

Alana Cameron Dec 5, 2024

Alva Foundation shares with the Learning Foundation

The Hastings and Prince Edward Learning Foundation (HPELF) has received a $30,000 grant to support two of its programs. The grant comes from the Alva Foundation which imagines a world where all childr...

Alana Cameron Dec 5, 2024 The Hastings and Prince Edward Learning Foundation received a $30,000 grant from the Alva Foundation to support two of its intiatives. (Photo: submitted)

80-year-old nabbed for stunt driving

Apparently speeding knows no age limits. Ontario Provincial Police report an 80-year-old motorist was nabbed for stunt driving Thursday afternoon on Highway 37 near Tweed. A member of the OPP Highway ...

Alana Cameron Dec 5, 2024