Author Archives: Mary Thomas

The job outlook for people on social assistance has been getting better throughout this summer. The Hastings-Quinte social services Employment Connection program filled 157 jobs in July. This is 35 mo...

The head of the Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services has just returned after spending three years with the federal government. Chief of Paramedic Services Dough Socha was in Ottawa to help the federal g...

The Quinte Ballet School of Canada in Belleville has announced a change in its management team. In September, executive director Marilyn Lawrie is stepping down, after four years in the position. Chai...

Volunteer researchers have begun a wildlife inventory at the newly-formed "nature reserve" on the south shore of Prince Edward County. The work has begun on the 490 acres which the Hastings-Prince Edw...

A Belleville councillor has hopes of discussing pedestrian access to the highway 401 overpasses, during this week's conference of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. Councillor Paul Carr has...

Belleville's mayor has a couple of city concerns in mind has he heads to the annual conference of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario in Windsor this weekend. This conference gives municipal ...

Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services will take part in a special Canadian C-Spine study regarding the immobilization of patients in ambulances. The Ontario Hospital Research Institute has asked 13 Ontar...

Hastings-Quinte Social Services is going public in its bid to sell the 47 single housing units it owns. So far Social Services has only been able to sell four of the single houses to present social se...

Eighteen residents of apartment units in downtown Tweed were evacuated on the weekend after officials found "serious problems and deficiencies" in the building. Hastings-Quinte Social Services staff w...

The program to help protect Quinte area municipal drinking water sources has completed its "road sign" project. About 800 of the new road signs will be installed across the province with 33 of those a...