Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Belleville is getting prepared, in a very preliminary way, to deal with risk management associated with the possible future cleanup of coal tar contamination in Foster Ward. The city's Environmental P...

The heath unit that serves Northumberland County is warning people that this is "prime time" for Lyme disease. The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge heath unit is urging people to avoid blacklegged tic...

Another step is underway toward the proposed future development of an apartment building on Belleville's Dundas Street West. Developer Ishvar Ghuman is proposing a six-storey, 120-unit retirement resi...

A Belleville official says the Ontario government has established new rules that discourage family physicians from staying in the province. Belleville's Manager of Development and Strategic Initiative...

Dave Fairfield of Quinte Payroll Services also expressed concern about the apprenticeship rules. President Rossi urged the business people in the audience to question the local provincial candidates a...

The Hastings Prince Edward Poverty Roundtable is planning to host an Ontario election candidates meeting, focusing on the needs of low income people. Statistics show that the percentage of low-income ...

The latest statistics show that the average wage in the Hastings-Quinte area is in the $14 range. Employment Connection of the Hastings County Community and Human Services department filled 77 jobs, w...

A Belleville Councillor has expressed some concern about what the city is doing about preparing for federal cannabis legislation. At Monday night's city council meeting, Councillor Paul Carr asked Dir...

A Belleville councillor made a bid, at city council Monday night, to get the Medical Marijuana Research and Development proposal in the city back on track, but failed. The project was scuttled recentl...

Belleville will pay its 2018 Long Term Care bill, but it's not clear where the money is coming from. Councillor Kelly McCaw was successful, at Monday night's council meeting, in getting council to rec...