Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Another bid to expand a program supporting the homeless, and those with mental illness-addiction issues, will be made next week. Welcoming Streets' Steward Sara Behring has 90 people she regularly ass...

Lehigh Cement Limited now faces five charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Three people were injured in the September 7, 2021 incident, with two of them being airlifted to hospital in ...

A new service for caregivers and people living with dementia is being offered at public libraries in Belleville and Quinte West. Cognitive Care Kits are now available for borrowing at Belleville Publi...

This winter Quinte Conservation is concluding its 75th anniversary celebrations with a special limited edition of Adopt an Acre in honour of this year's fundraising campaign. From November 17 to Decem...

Multiple packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Joyceville Institution, Kingston, this week. The seized items included 223 grams of tobacco, 17 grams of marijuana, and 11...

Three Canadian colleges have joined forces to create supports for members of the Canadian Armed Forces, veterans and their families. Loyalist College (Ontario), Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), a...

Hastings County is taking steps to develop and operate a response team for people with special needs. The county has applied to Ontario Health for $200,100.18 for the development and operation of a Fa...

Hastings County is supporting a bid by Cheshire Homes to provide additional supports to tenants living in social housing. At its meeting this week, county council voted to back the move. A report to c...

The Warden of Hastings County says the provincial government "has written off" local communities hit by a tornado earlier this year. Jo-Anne Albert told county council this week that the fallen trees ...

The Queens University medical resident program is resuming its work with long term care facilities in Hastings County. A report to the Long Term care committee on Wednesday indicates the program pause...