Author Archives: Alana Cameron

Belleville City Council has adopted a Verified Alarm Response Program By-law, aiming to cut down the number of false alarms police respond to. The by-law, which was given final reading at Monday's mee...

(Submitted to Quinte News) Earlier this year, 180 students across the Hastings and Prince Edward Counties in grades 4, 5, and 6 shared what home means to them, through submissions to this annual natio...

Loyalist College is emerging as one of the country's leading post-secondary institutions in truth and reconciliation. Jennifer Tewathah:kwa Maracle, the college's Executive Director, Indigenous Initia...

Belleville City Council is supporting a resolution by the Township of Pelee to make the provincial and federal governments aware that rural and small urban water and wastewater systems are financially...

Belleville City Council has approved several street closures for upcoming events this summer. West Zwick's Park won't be the only place in Belleville to see fireworks on Canada Day. On Monday, council...

Belleville City Council has approved another Community Safety Zone in the city, this one along a 1.1 kilometre stretch of Bridge Street West, from Sidney Street to Haslett Court. Haslett Court is betw...

An affordable housing project in the works for the former Queen Mary School in Belleville will retain green space already on site. City council received a status update on the project at its meeting o...

Building activity in Belleville in May was well down. The city's Building Department issued 53 permits with a construction value of $9.2 million last month. In May 2023, there were 84 permits valued a...

A new rainfall record for the Quinte region was set on Thursday. Readings taken at CFB Trenton showed 26 mm of rain, breaking the previous record for June 6 of 15.2 mm set in 2013. Though there's a ch...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is shaking up his education and energy portfolios in a cabinet shuffle as the legislature heads into its summer break. Stephen Lecce moves from education, where he has served...