Author Archives: David Foot

Some good news for drivers who use the Hastings Swing Bridge on County Road 45. Parks Canada has announced the bridge replacement, set to be finished on May 21st, will actually be done by April 29th, ...

Today is Earth Day and Lower Trent Conservation is marking the occasion by handing out awards for its annual Caring For Our Watershed contest. The contest saw 111 local students, in grades seven, eigh...

If you're a small business person, with an interest in drinking water quality and environmental issues, you might want to throw your name in for a spot on the Quinte Region Source Protection Committee...

It was an average spring, as far as water flow rates and levels go, across the Quinte Conservation Watershed. During a presentation to the QC board yesterday, Water Resources Manager Christine McClure...

It seems Quinte Conservation is in an interesting land-ownership situation, when it comes to about 400 metres of shoreline in the Vanderwater Conservation Area, in Thomasburg. The conservation authori...

Business owners in downtown Belleville agree that revitalization work needs to be done but they're not happy about being surprised with a new start date. Businesses along Front Street, between Victori...

A Belleville teenager has been arrested on an outstanding warrant, after being chased twice by police this afternoon. Officers noticed the boy walking by the police station on Dundas Street, around no...

Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw has been suspended one game (and fined $5,000) for yelling an anti-gay slur after he was sent to the penalty box during Chicago's loss to St. Louis Tuesday night. In a s...

It appears someone has been trying to gather spare change from some businesses in Centre Hastings. OPP say they've received two calls since the start of the month, about coins being taken from change ...

Things have been drying up around the Quinte Region over the weekend, which has led to a number of early-season burn bans. Most municipalities surrounding Belleville and Quinte West already had them i...