Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Belleville Fire Chief Mark MacDonald praised city staff and city residents at city council Tuesday, regarding the ongoing flood situation. MacDonald said there were "unprecedented" water levels and th...

Plans for a homeless shelter in Belleville are moving ahead. Spokesman for the Grace Inn Homeless Shelter, Jodie Jenkins, told council the privately-funded charitable shelter will be in the former Iri...

Hill said a recent survey showed a demand for improvement for cycling both on Bridge Street and North Park Street and that 97% of cyclists surveyed support bike lanes on Bridge St. E. The report estim...

Five Quinte area high-tech companies have received federal start-up funding, creating 22 new jobs. The announcement of $500,000 under the Eastern Ontario Development Program was made by Bay of Quinte ...

Two women will undertake a day-long marathon walk across the entire Millennium Trail in Prince Edward County Friday. Jennifer Cobb says the hike is a fundraiser for the resurfacing of the trail, and $...

Public health officials are warning people with wells and septic systems about the risk involved during flooding situations. The Hastings Prince Edward Health Unit is reminding people to take precauti...

Hastings-Quinte Ontario Works "Employment Connection" program had a successful month of April. It filled 99 jobs, with an average wage of $13.32 an hour. More than a third of those jobs, 35%, were in ...

Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services is hoping to take to the skies later this year. The local service is in a partnership with Renfrew county in the federal government research program in using drones ...

Quinte Search and Rescue is back in business after months of a "stand down" from authorized water rescue missions. The Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary Central and Arctic took the step, stemming from th...

A new paramedicine project may be in the works for the Hastings-Quinte area. The Hastings Paramedic Services ran a federal paramedicine pilot project, having paramedics make home calls on selected cli...