Author Archives: Mary Thomas

The health unit that serves Northumberland county is calling on the Ontario government to "reverse course" and allow the Basic Income Guarantee pilot project to continue to its end. The Haliburton Kaw...

Candidates running for the mayor's spot in Quinte area municipalities are facing a big question if they win - how to deal with Ontario's upcoming rules on the sale of marijuana. The issue is the Ford ...

A young member of Team Canada's lawn bowling team has inspired others to donate to a "learning" program in Northumberland County schools. RBC Dominion Securities in Cobourg and two of its investment a...

The disciplinary hearing against a Belleville doctor began in Toronto Tuesday, but without the doctor in attendance. Dr. Mile Savic of the Family Medical Centre on Sidney Street faces four disciplinar...

Six years after Belleville's new Via Rail Station opened, the old historic station remains closed, without a tenant. The historic Belleville train station opened 162 years ago, in 1856. For the past f...

Sharp says the process is underway to get a charitable tax status for the charity, which he hopes will happen this week. He hopes the $316,000 project to upgrade the lighthouse at Presquile Park will ...

Next week the Hastings County Historical Society is unveiling its seventh and final plaque for the summer. This final bronze historical plaque celebrates Marmora as Ontario's first Irontown, and the h...

Social housing buildings in Hastings-Quinte may soon have an updated smoke-free policy, including a new definition of "smoking." The term smoking in the previous policy referred only to tobacco produc...

A move to allow a local developer to change commercial land to residential in a Belleville subdivision could eventually lead to changes in the city's Official Plan. Three years ago, the city had zoned...

A Belleville doctor is facing a disciplinary hearing by the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Mile Savic of the Family Medical Centre on Sidney Street faces four disciplinary issues from the Col...