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BGH staff all in for I'M IN

The annual fundraising campaign among staff at Belleville General Hospital was a record breaking success this year. In the largest ever I'M IN Staff Giving Campaign, $175,000 was raised for the Bellev...

Alana Cameron Dec 06, 2023

Hasting Prince Edward Public Health exploring merger with two other health units

The Hastings Prince Edward Public Health Unit will be looking at a potential merger with the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Health Unit (KFL&A) and the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark Distr...

Zach McGibbon Dec 06, 2023 The Hastings Prince Edward Public Health Headquarters, on North Park Street in Belleville. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Demanding action on 2nd Dug Hill Road safety

Quinte West council is being asked again to immediately build at least a temporary sidewalk with lighting on a stretch of 2nd Dug Hill Road in the area of Trenton Christian School that was the scene o...

John Spitters Dec 06, 2023 Diane Lyndon, the grandmother of the 12-year-old girl who was with 14-year-old Seryn Lazarro when she was struck by a vehicle on 2nd Dug Hill Road, back on November 17, speaking to council about the road. November 29, 2023. (Photo: Zach McGibbon/Quinte News)

Picton Legion comes through for health care

Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation (PECMHF) is grateful for the continued support from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 78 in Picton. On behalf of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 78 Po...

John Spitters Dec 06, 2023

Infant left on front porch

A 14-month-old baby is in stable condition in hospital after being left outside on the front steps of a west end Belleville home Tuesday morning. A neighbour on Stavebank Road heard an infant's cries ...

John Spitters Dec 06, 2023 (File Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

Phone threats end in arrest

A man who threatened to kill medical staff at Belleville General Hospital was arrested by Belleville police officers Tuesday afternoon. It's alleged the man made the threats during a phone call on a c...

John Spitters Dec 06, 2023

Missing man located deceased

A man missing from Sharbot Lake since November 9 has been found deceased. Fifty-nine-year-old Kevin Camilleri's body was found by an OPP Emergency Response Team. In a media release it was not specifie...

John Spitters Dec 06, 2023

Belleville's Joan Hazard wins 2023 June Callwood Award for volunteerism

Belleville woman Joan Hazard was awarded the 2023 June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award for Voluntarism by the Government of Ontario. According to the provincial government, the award recognizes...

Zach McGibbon Dec 05, 2023 Jamie / CC

Expansion at Brighton Children's Centre

Tuesday was the official opening of the Brighton Public School Child Care addition. Operated by the Brighton Children's Centre, the $1.18 million expansion includes a new infant room and kitchen. Fund...

Alana Cameron Dec 05, 2023 Ribbon cutting ceremony for the addition to the Brighton Children's Centre at Brighton PS, December 5, 2023. (Photo: submitted)

Reducing fire and carbon monoxide deaths through Safe Community Project Zero

The Mohawk Fire Department on the Tyendinaga Territory has received 84 combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms through Safe Community Project Zero. The public education campaign will provide more...

Alana Cameron Dec 05, 2023 (left-right) Chris Maracle, councillor on Tyendinaga Mohawk Council; Melanie Green, Senior Advisor with Enbridge; Kylea Smart, Volunteer Firefighter with the Mohawk Fire Department; Scott Maracle, Chief of the Mohawk Fire Department; Jessie Deschamps, Volunteer Firefighter with the Mohawk Fire Department; Stephen Kennedy, Operations Supervisor with Enbridge; Jamie Kovacs, Fire Marshal's Public Fire Safety Council. (Photo: submitted)