Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Steps are being taken to obtain unemployment statistics specifically for the Bay Quinte region. The number of people out of work in the Bay of Quinte region is nearly 2% lower than for the same period...

The 41st Presqu'ile Waterfowl weekend, which shows off multiple species of migrating waterfowl, gets underway on Saturday and runs through Sunday. Park Naturalist David Bree says the big advantage to ...

The public transit tax credit, which allows the cost of transit passes to be deducted, is being eliminated effective July 1. The mayor of Quinte West is pleased to see a number of social issues in the...

Debate over a proposed provincial hydro plan, which the Liberals say will cut rates by 25%, got heated at Queen's Park Tuesday, to the point that the MPP for Hastings-Prince Edward was ejected from th...

Belleville's mayor says local officials should use trade shows as a chance to give special incentive offers to companies wanting to locate in the Quinte area. At Tuesday's meeting, the Quinte Economic...

Quinte area officials are turning their eyes south of the border, as companies there are considering their options in a Donald Trump presidential world. Officials of the Quinte Economic Development Co...

The Belleville Downtown Improvement area introduced its new executive director to city council Monday night. Marilyn Lawrie, who has been with the Quinte Ballet School of Canada for the past four year...

Belleville businesses with vacant spaces will soon not be able to get tax rebates which have been costing from the city hundreds of thousands of dollars every year. Since 1998 the Vacant Tax Rebate pr...

Belleville's final revitalization phase in the downtown is set to go, with the contractor hired by city council Monday night. There were some objections. Len Corcoran Excavation, which undertook the f...

The number of Belleville city employees on the Sunshine List for 2016 was down from the previous year. There were 116 people on the list of those who made more than $100,000 in 2016, ten fewer than in...