Intelligencer (The)

The director of Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit has ruled a Belleville police officer committed no crime in a December case in which a prisoner suffered medical distress. Director Joseph Martino’s finding was released Monday by the unit, which investigates cases of serious injury, […]

Friday’s anti-lockdown rally in Belleville “absolutely” involved illegal activity and charges are pending, Belleville’s police chief says. “We have commenced an investigation and will be looking at proceeding with charges this week against some of the individuals that […]

Belleville playgrounds have reopened in the wake of the Ontario government’s reversal of its closure of them. The closure, announced Friday, was reversed Sunday. City officials announced Sunday all city playgrounds were open. “The outdoor spaces play a valuable role in the wellbeing of […]

A woman missing near Bancroft since last week has been found alive and well. Police had announced Thursday Hope Jemimah, also known as Hope Ogutu, 29, was missing. She had last been seen April 12 on Highway 118 west of Cardiff. It remained unclear Sunday when she was first reported missing. Ontario […]

An Intelligencer photographer has been named as an Ontario Newspaper Awards finalist for a photo shot in August at CFB Trenton. Luke Hendry was one of three photojournalists nominated in the feature photography category for newspapers with print circulations of fewer than 25,000 copies per day. […]

by Colin Perkel TORONTO — Ontario reversed course on sweeping new police powers Saturday, just one day after Premier Doug Ford announced the measures that triggered a swift and furious backlash. Officers will no longer have the right to stop any pedestrian or driver to ask why […]

Belleville police will not be conducting random stops of citizens as a result of Ontario’s lockdown restrictions, the city’s police chief says. “I want to clearly articulate to our citizens that at no time will any member of the Belleville Police Service randomly or arbitrarily […]

The number of local recoveries from COVID-19 matched that of new cases on Sunday. There 11 new cases and 11 recoveries announced by Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health. The region had 114 active cases, one fewer than on Saturday. There was also a slight improvement in hospitalization […]