Author Archives: Mary Thomas

The section of Belleville General Hospital, affected by last week's fire, will be closed for a number of weeks. The Quinte 5 Medicine Unit was evacuated last Tuesday evening due to a small electrical ...

Plans are moving ahead on a pilot program to coordinate ambulance services better in Hastings -Quinte and Peterborough areas. The issue is that the dispatch centres in Peterborough and Kingston cannot...

The Grace Inn homeless shelter in Belleville received an unexpected financial boost Wednesday. Hastings-Quinte Community and Human Resources committee Director Erin Rivers says she unexpectedly found ...

Hastings County CAO Jim Pine says, "We'd be glad to discuss the issue for the future, but the 2018 bill must be paid." PINE LTC Belleville Councillor Kelly McCaw, a city representative on the Long Ter...

With less than a month to launch time, Belleville is looking for partners in its Historical Trolley Bus Service. The trolley buses will service the city's key areas of interest, particularly for touri...

Some new names are on the municipal nomination lists in the Quinte area for this fall's election. Former Belleville councillor, and former candidate for mayor, Pat Culhane has filed her nomination pap...

An apartment building, proposed for a site on Belleville's Great St. James Street, is a step closer to reality. Springale Development Inc. plans a 32-unit affordable housing apartment building outside...

Eric Todd said he would like to see it remain an agricultural area and he was concerned about the increase in traffic. Judy Todd questioned how the water drainage would affect wells. Janet Hart had sa...

Loyalist president Ann Marie Vaughan tells Quinte News, "The college is working with Province Brands in the development of a product in this new industry, the cannabis industry. This is something that...

The Hastings Prince Edward Public Heath is preparing for the expected new federal legislation on marijuana. There is already provincial legislation in place that requires public health to get involved...