Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Eastern Ontario wardens have had a chance to sit down with Premier Kathleen Wynne this week to discuss issues particular to this area of the province. At the meeting in Kingston, the Eastern Ontario W...

A pilot project to assist seniors living in a "community hub" may soon get underway in Belleville. Hastings -Quinte social services has been working with the South East Local Health Integration Networ...

A race-car-pit-stop model for getting stroke victims quick diagnosis, developed in the Quinte region, is now being promoted across the province. Quinte Health Care and Hastings-Quinte paramedic servic...

A drug more potent than heroin and the number one cause of drug-related deaths in Ontario is catching attention in the Quinte area as well. Hastings-Quinte chief of emergency services Doug Socha says ...

A bid to move Belleville's Santa Claus parade from out of the downtown has failed. Last night the Chamber of Commerce proposed to have the parade run along Bridge Street from the fairgrounds in the we...

Three Belleville citizens were honoured by the St. John's Ambulance at city council last night. Mayor Taso Christopher presented the Awards for Life Saving to Lisa Butcher, Sharon Heenan and Quinte Br...

The city of Belleville is reminding residents that the front entrance of City Hall will be closed to the public for more than two months, beginning next week. The closure of the front entrance is to a...

In the past two years the Quinte Economic Development Commission has spent nearly a million dollars on training in the manufacturing industry. The QEDC received a total of $828,000 from the Rural Econ...

A consultant has been hired, a work plan is almost in place, but still another step has to be taken before the work plan to clean up the coal tar contamination in Belleville's harbour area can begin. ...

Belleville and Quinte West teamed up for what officials are calling a successful career fair Thursday. A total of 49 employers and employment service agencies were set up at the Quinte Sports and Well...