Author Archives: Mary Thomas

The public health unit that serves Northumberland County is issuing a warning about the dangers of rabies disease. Last year the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge health unit investigated a total of 51...

A special nursing program, to streamline the transfer of patients from ambulances to Belleville General Hospital staff, has received provincial funding. The specially-funded nurse in emergency is desi...

A large number of residents around the Bay of Quinte and on the Lake Ontario shoreline are calling for assistance with their flooded properties this summer. Many residents have experienced severe eros...

Hastings County is moving ahead with developing more Early Years Child and Family Centres under a new provincial program. Earlier this summer Hastings County received $1.4 million to expand the number...

Plans are getting underway to count the homeless in Hastings-Quinte. The province has a plan to end "chronic homelessness" by 2025, and one of the first steps is to actually count the number of people...

Councillor Mitch Panciuk, also a delegate, says the Belleville contingent will meet with Ministry of Energy officials to discuss the possibility of having Hydro One customers in Belleville join the Ve...

A move is on to have a paramedic station established in Algonquin Park. At its meeting Wednesday, the Hastings-Quinte Emergency Services committee decided to support the proposal by the township of So...

Hastings-Quinte Emergency Services Committee is joining the fight against a provincial government pilot project that would increase firefighter response to medical calls. The province is proposing to ...

Meanwhile Mayor Christopher says the future of the old Via Rail station in Belleville is still uncertain. #22 TASO TRAIN In a recent message to Quinte News, Via spokesperson Mylene Belanger said "The ...

Some good news - most areas of Belleville's flood zone will soon be open to general traffic. More than three months after a number of streets in Foster Ward were flooded and closed to other than local...