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DocFest receiving $10,400 in provincial capital grant funding

Belleville Downtown DocFest is receiving $10,400 in capital grant funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The announcement was made at Belleville Public Library on Friday. "The capital grant wil...

Zach McGibbon Nov 24, 2023 (l-r) Belleville Downtown DocFest Festival Coordinator Jodi Cooper, Bay of Quinte MPP Todd Smith and Chair of the Belleville Downtown DocFest, Jodi Cooper as part of the announcement of provincial grant funding. November 24, 2023. (Photo: Zach McGibbon/Quinte News)

No injuries in Prince Edward County house fire

The cause of a fire late yesterday afternoon in Prince Edward County has been deemed accidental. Crews from Fire Station 1 responded to a house fire on County Road 17 around 5:45 p.m., arriving to fin...

Alana Cameron Nov 24, 2023

Provincial funding for Bancroft dam repair

The Ontario government is investing $22 million to reconstruct six dams across the province including the Baptiste Lake Dam in Bancroft. Graydon Smith, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, says...

Alana Cameron Nov 24, 2023 (Photo: Town of Bancroft website)

OPP CIB overseeing investigation into missing Sharbot Lake Man

The Criminal Investigation Branch of the Ontario Provincial Police is now leading the investigation into the disappearance of a 59-year-old Sharbot Lake man. Frontenac OPP began an investigation after...

Alana Cameron Nov 24, 2023

Plenty of chances to see Santa Claus this weekend

Santa and the reindeer have a busy weekend in the Quinte region. Parades are being held in several communities. The Bloomfield Santa Clause Parade begins Friday at 6:30. Saturday Santa makes appearanc...

Alana Cameron Nov 24, 2023 Santa waves to the crowd during the Trenton Santa Claus parade on November 25, 2018. (Submitted Photo)

Crusaders and Chargers open with big wins at OFSAA

The Nicholson Crusaders and Centennial Chargers were decisive winners to open their respective Ontario High School Girls Basketball championships. In the OFSAA A tournament in Belleville the sixth ran...

Jack Miller Nov 24, 2023

GRANquinte encourages everyone to Unite to end violence against women and girls

GranQuinte and the Grandmothers Advocacy Network are once again participating in the United Nations Orange Campaign, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The campaign begins November 25 ...

Alana Cameron Nov 24, 2023

Former Lieutenant-General speaks at Albert College

The 2023 annual Shewfelt Memorial Lecture welcomed The Honorable Romo Dallaire, a former Canadian senator, for Thursday's presentation at Albert College The sold-out lecture hall was packed with 200 a...

Alan-Michael Steele Nov 24, 2023 Retired lt. general and former senator Roméo Dallaire addresses a sold out auditorium at Belleville's Albert College. Photo: Alan-Michael Steele, Quinte News

CAMSafe Program launches in Loyalist Township

The Lennox and Addington County OPP have implemented the CAMSafe program in Loyalist Township. CAMSafe is a program aimed at creating a database of residential and commercial security cameras within a...

Alana Cameron Nov 23, 2023

Ontario Recruiting More Personal Support Workers into Long-Term Care and Home Care

The Ontario government is investing more than $300 million over three years to help thousands of people launch careers as personal support workers in long-term care homes and in the home and community...

Alana Cameron Nov 23, 2023