Derek Baldwin

An Ontario Provincial Police officer has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing during a Belleville arrest last summer, the Special Investigations Unit has ruled.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers across East Region say they arrested a further 20 impaired drivers during the third week of the Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign.

Bus users will pay more to ride the city transit service in the new year.

Local MPs reacted following an unprecedented day in Ottawa filled with calls for Prime Minister Trudeau to step down after Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned from Cabinet early Monday only hours before she was scheduled to deliver the Fall Economic Statement in the House of Commons.

Ongoing efforts under way to build a new $28 million YMCA Centre for Life in Belleville edged closer to its $9 million community fundraising goal Tuesday.

As Canada Post workers resumed their jobs Tuesday, the corporation advised customers following a four-week job action there will be delays in mail delivery while ramping up operations.

A new alarm verification program request approved by city council in June will see a request from Belleville Police Services board introduce the new program in the new year.

Families across the region are likely to wake Christmas morning to a blanket of snowfall thanks to a weather pattern moving through Eastern Ontario, national forecasters said.

Belleville and area firefighters scrambled Sunday to put down a barn fire in the northern reaches of Thurlow Ward around 7:30 p.m.

Not have the time to decorate your home for Christmas this season?