Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Some officials are concerned about how the new marijuana laws will affect the employee situation in their municipalities. Warden Rodney Cooney told county council Thursday the human resources issues a...

Hastings County made two announcements Thursday involving a joint doctor recruitment program with Greater Napanee and recruitment of four new doctors. Three of the doctors were signed up under the joi...

Candidates for mayor, Mayor Taso Christopher, Jodie Jenkins and Councillor Mitch Panciuk also faced the questions in an hour-long session. Infrastructure: Jenkins said "it's not complicated...pay atte...

  Belleville, Quinte West and Hastings County are looking at ways to ensure that job seekers are joined up with local employers. Manager of Economic Development Karen Poste told the Quinte Econom...

The long, drawn-out North American Free Trade negotiations with the United States are having an effect on business in the Quinte area. Some businesses from around the world, considering a location in ...

Commission Chair Ross Rae told the meeting, "the Quinte area business community is running on all cylinders and the only glitch is the low number of people available for the jobs."

Belleville will go to the public before deciding whether or not to ban all portable advertising signs that are not located at the actual location of the business. Councillor Jackie Denyes told city co...

Belleville will take a close look at whether or not it should ban animal leg-hold traps in the city. Monday night, city council viewed a video telling the story of a beaver caught in a steel trap in a...

Particularly heavy areas of "chara" or algae has plagued Belleville harbour this year but the city is working on a plan to clear it out. Director of Recreation and Culture Mark Fluhrer says there was ...