Category Archives: News
Stunt Driving charge laid in Quinte West
A motorist was charged with stunt driving in Quinte West on Thursday. A member of the OPP TIME (Traffic Incident Management Enforcement) team in Quinte West stopped a driver on Highway 401 eastbound. ...
Jan 02, 2025
Allsopp remains positive that Belleville is well-positioned for HART HUB
Despite not being named in the first round of announcements, Bay of Quinte MPP Tyler Allsopp remains confident that Belleville is "well-positioned" to be named as a host to one of the remaining HART h...
Jan 02, 2025
B-Sens game in February will help fight against food insecurity
The Community Development Council of Quinte (CDC-Quinte) is inviting local residents to support its mission to reduce food insecurity in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties (PEC) by attending the Bell...
Jan 02, 2025
Local health unit merges into South East Health Unit
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health has been formally amalgamated into the new South East Health Unit. The final vote was held yesterday to merge the local group with the Health Units in Kingston, Fr...
Jan 02, 2025
Belleville man sentenced in child pornography, sexual interference case
A 21-year-old Belleville man has received a two-year prison sentence for child pornography and sexual interference-related charges. The man, whose name is under a publication ban due to the nature of ...
Jan 02, 2025
Cobourg woman wins $1,000,000
A Cobourg woman ended off 2024 in style by winning a cool million dollars! Sharon Hessin of Cobourg matched all seven ENCORE numbers in exact order in the November 23, 2024 LOTTARIO draw to win $1 mil...
Jan 02, 2025
Several people charged following RIDE programs in Central Hastings OPP area
The Central Hastings Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid several impaired driving charges and other charges at Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) programs over th...
Jan 02, 2025
Driver charged following two-vehicle crash in Marmora
One of the drivers involved in a two-vehicle collision in Marmora on the last day of 2024 has been charged. Officers with the Central Hastings Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) respond...
Jan 02, 2025
Local man drives into New Year in style thanks to BGHF car lotto
A local man is driving into the New Year in style. James Gordon won a brand-new 2024 GMC Terrain valued at $44,000 in the Belleville General Hospital's Car4Cancer Lotto on New Year's Eve. "Car4Cancer ...
Jan 02, 2025 James Gordon is driving into the New Year in style after winning a brand-new 2024 GMC Terrain valued at $44,000 in the Belleville General Hospital's Car4Cancer Lotto on New Year's Eve. Pictured left to right: Heather Smith, Board Member, BGHF, Wayne Sheppard, Board Chair, BGHF, Zoey Read, Community Development Officer, BGHF, and Matt Cassidey, General Manager, Peter Smith GM.
Changes coming to local Blue Box Recycling in 2025
Quinte Waste Solutions begins the New Year with a great sense of pride having served our greater community for 35 years in blue box and hazardous and electronic waste recycling. Changes are occurring ...
Jan 02, 2025