The 14th annual Quinte Ride for Pawns Poker run is setting off today. Bikers are set to gather at What's Your Scoop, before embarking on a charity drive to raise funds for local animal-related causes. The drive will follow a loop through the countryside north of Quinte West, passing through Stirling and Campbellford. T...

Members of Lanark County OPP are investigating a drowning incident in Silver Lake Provincial Park. On Saturday, August 16, 2025 at approximately 4:30 p.m., OPP responded to a call for service for a swimmer that had gone missing after jumping out of a canoe into the water. A 26-year-old male has been recovered and was p...

Central Hastings OPP are looking for assistance in identifying an individual in connection with the theft of a vehicle. On Saturday, August 16, 2025, a white, 2021 Ford Super Duty pickup truck with Ontario marker BV34817 was stolen from a dealership in Springbrook. If you have any information, contact Ontario Provincia...

The East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) has arrested and charged five individuals following a traffic stop. On August 14, 2025, members of the OPP East Region CSCU and the Prince Edward County Detachment conducted a traffic stop on Loyalist Parkway in Quinte West. As a result of the investigation, officers s...

Bright sunshine and steamy temperatures didn't keep people away from Belleville's Downtown District Saturday afternoon. The downtown hosted Saturday events for the Belleville Caribbean Festival which featured a plethora of vendors, food booths, and the biggest parade in the relatively young festival's history. Photos c...

Few details are known at this time, after what is believed to be a fatality near the CNR tracks in Belleville. Multiple sources to Quinte News indicate emergency responders were called to the tracks along Airport Parkway, just east of the train yard and Via train station. We are being told that forensics officials, pol...

Two people have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after an overnight shooting in Pickering. On Saturday, August 16, 2025 at approximately 1:10 a.m., members from West Division were called to a parking lot in the area of Liverpool Road and Kingston Road for reports of shots being fired. Officers arrived on s...

A 33-year-old male has been arrested and charged for 13 break and enters in Oshawa. Between May 28, 2025 and June 23, 2025, eleven units at a storage facility in the area of Ritson Road South and Dean Avenue were broken into. Members from the Central East Division Criminal Investigation Branch conducted an investigatio...

Victoria Park hosted a hot Caribbean night Friday as the Belleville Caribbean Festival weekend got underway. The park was the site of a "Fête en Blanc" from 1 p.m. until 10 p.m. featuring music, dancing, and food put on by Toronto Carnival. Photos can be seen below.

Belleville will be a very busy place on Saturday. The Caribbean Festival continues today and that will affect traffic early in the afternoon. The festival parade leaves West Zwick's at 1 o'clock and will head up Bay Bridge Road, down Dundas Street West, and on to Front Street in the Downtown District. In the downtown t...