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Over $145,000 in contraband and unauthorized items seized at Collins Bay Institution

Correctional Service Canada says it seized over $145,000 in contraband and unauthorized items at Collins Bay Institution. Between July 17 and July 21, 2026, multiple packages containing contraband and...

Zach McGibbon Jul 24, 2026

Butterfly Rooms complete at Belleville General Hospital

Quinte Health and the Belleville General Hospital Foundation have announced the completion of the Butterfly Rooms on the Perinatal and Paediatrics Unit at Belleville General Hospital. In a release, Qu...

Zach McGibbon Jul 24, 2026 From left to right: Stacey Daub, Quinte Health President and CEO; Barb Matteucci and Loralee McInroy representatives from the Butterfly Girls; Jennifer Faulkner, Manager of the Perinatal and Paediatrics Program, Quinte Health; Tracey Giles, Director of the Perinatal and Paediatrics Program, Quinte Health; Lina Rinaldi, Vice President, Chief Nursing Executive, Quinte Health; Dr. Melanie Chanda, Medical Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Quinte Health; Amanda Grydziuszko, Associate Director, Annual Programs & Donor Engagement, Belleville General Hospital Foundation; Wayne Sheppard, Board Chair, Belleville General Hospital Foundation; Colleen Reid, Arenda Ivany and Lynn Brown, Butterfly Girls donors. Front: Jenny Abraham, Sandra Coffin, Butterfly Girls donors.

Provincial funding for local seniors programs

The Ontario government is making a major cash injection into programs for seniors across the Quinte region. Bay of Quinte MPP Tyler Allsopp announced $80,800 in funding for four programs across the re...

Alan-Michael Steele Jul 24, 2026

Belleville police looking for witnesses to daytime robbery

Belleville police are seeking witnesses as they continue to investigate a daytime robbery. At approximately 1:05 p.m. on July 20, an elderly male was approached by a male and female in the area of Pep...

Alana Cameron Jul 24, 2026

One person charged in east-end assault

Charges have been laid after a good samaritan was assaulted Thursday night. Belleville police say a male and female were involved in a dispute in the city's east end when the male attempted to physica...

Alana Cameron Jul 24, 2026

Grand opening of new Community Market at Gleaners Food Bank

Gleaners Food Bank officially introduced its new Community Market in a grand opening ceremony on Thursday. The Community Market is a new relief-based approach to tackling food insecurity in the region...

Zach McGibbon Jul 24, 2026 Inside the Community Market at Gleaners Food Bank in Belleville. July 23, 2026. (Photo: Zach McGibbon/Quinte News)

Sip away in Belleville's Downtown District Saturday

Join Downtown Belleville this Saturday July 25 for the award-winning event, Savour the Sips. Building off of the success of Savour the Chill, the four-season culinary series now includes Savour the Fl...

John Spitters Jul 24, 2026

Eight charged with illicit drug possession in Cobourg

As part of ongoing enforcement efforts in relation to open air drug use, possession, and trafficking in the Town of Cobourg, the Cobourg Police Service Street Crime Enforcement Unit and Uniform Patrol...

News Jul 23, 2026

Updates to County doctor recruitment plan

Prince Edward County is preparing some changes to their County Docs Physician Recruitment Plan. Updates to the plan were discussed by the county's Committee of the Whole during Thursday's meeting. One...

Alan-Michael Steele Jul 23, 2026 Shire Hall in Picton (Photo: Quinte News)

County prepares climate action plan

Prince Edward County is preparing a climate action plan. During Thursday's Committee of the Whole meeting, councillors reviewed details on the upcoming climate action plan, with a goal to reduce green...

Alan-Michael Steele Jul 23, 2026