The Board of Health for Southeast Public Health received a financial reality check Wednesday. Financial projections show annual expense increases of 4% from 2026 through 2030 while projecting only 1% increases each of those years from the provincial government which provides 70% of the public health budget for the regi...

The 2026 Belleville Polar Plunge has been rescheduled. This is due to ice conditions as well as safety concerns. Originally scheduled for March 27, the event will now take place on Friday, April 10 at 1 p.m. It will remain at the Herchimer Boat Launch. This date change does not affect the status of existing teams or pl...

The Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid multiple charges in several recent investigations. On March 21, 2026, at approximately 9:45 p.m., officers responded to a report of a possible impaired driver in the area of Oak Ridges Drive in the Township of Hamilton. Officers located a pic...

A Belleville man has been arrested after an investigation into intimate partner violence in the city's west end. On Tuesday around 6:50 p.m., Belleville police responded to a home where upon arrival officers spoke with individuals who reported that a verbal altercation had escalated between a male and a female into a p...

What a night in Detroit for Carter Yakemchuk. The Belleville Senators rear guard was called up to make his NHL debut for Ottawa against the Red Wings. He was a big part of the first two goals the Sens would score in the game. Yakemchuk's assist can be seen by CLICKING HERE. His goal can be seen by CLICKING HERE. The &q...

With the one-year birthday of their late son on the horizon, a local family wants tragedy to turn to hope and awareness On April 5, 2025, Graham Redner was born. Over the Christmas break, Graham was in hospital with influenza A, which eventually led to cardiac arrest and tragically he passed away. MORE BELOW The family...

HART Hub HPE and Loyalist College have announced a new partnership that they say will strengthen the region's mental health and addictions workforce. Loyalist College has launched a two-year Mental Health and Addictions Worker diploma and a one-year Addictions and Mental Health graduate certificate. Members of the HART...

Everyone knows we had a tougher winter than usual this year and it had a very noticeable effect on local hospitals. President and CEO of Quinte Health Stacey Daub told the board of directors on Tuesday that in January, medicine patient volumes, mainly due to respiratory illness, averaged 251, well over 198, the number ...

This year and next will bring a big boost in the number of long-term care beds available in the wider Quinte region. It's expected some 400 new beds will be available with new homes in Belleville, Tyendinaga, Centre Hastings, and Napanee. President of Quinte Health Stacey Daub tells Quinte News the need for long-term c...

If the projections are accurate, there will be a need for more healthcare services over the next decade and a half. The Ontario Hospital Association and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health studied future health trends. Their report for eastern Ontario shows a continuing increase in the number of people from 30 to 60...