Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Bay of Quinte MP Neil Ellis was joined by several community leaders in support of the "Bay of Quinte Canada 150 Literacy Challenge" for a school-wide reading event at the Sagonaska Demonstration Schoo...

   

It may be mid-winter, but plans are already underway to help Belleville celebrate Canada's 150th birthday. Chair of the Canada Day committee, Dwayne Barratt, has told Quinte News it will be a three-da...

More work is planned for this spring on the provincial government's multi-million dollar cleanup of the former Deloro Mine site. Plans are underway for work at both the Young's Creek area and the indu...

An agency created to provide better internet service to residents and businesses in rural eastern Ontario is now working its magic in Canada's Atlantic provinces. The Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus c...

Good news for people waiting for hip or knee surgery. The LHIN has approved $1.5 million to help hospitals across its region, including the Quinte area, reduce wait times for hip and knee surgeries, a...

A new agreement means that Quinte area patients suffering major injuries can be transported by ambulance straight to the regional trauma centre, by-passing local hospitals. Chief of Hastings-Quinte Pa...

It's not usually good news when an ambulance is called to a house in the Quinte area, but the first week of 2017 was the exception. Chief of Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services, Doug Socha, told the em...

The Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre will be the scene of a major trade show next year. About 200 exhibitors are expected to show up for the Ontario Road Supervisors Municipal Trade Show in June of 2...

First Nations Technical Institute is holding a special evening for young people, aged 16 to 30 out on Tyendinaga Territory Wednesday evening. FNTI is partnering with Mike Bossio and Kagita Mikam/St. L...