Author Archives: Mary Thomas

A local minister, who had been denied making a deputation to Belleville city council regarding casinos, made that deputation last night. Councillors voted 8 to 1 to allow Reverend David Mundy to make ...

The move to decrease the 50 kilometre an hour speed limit through Belleville's downtown centre led to a lengthy debate at city council last night. Mayor Taso Christopher supported the idea, saying the...

Belleville councillor Paul Carr questioned Mayor Taso Christopher's handling of council procedure during debate last night for not letting him explain his motion ahead of other councillors debating it...

Belleville will expand its agreement with the Belleville and District Chamber of Commerce for more than the six special events it already handles for the city. The new agreement will cover four years ...

A bid to change the start time of Belleville city council set off a tense debate and caused a short halt in proceedings Monday night. It began as an issue to change the start time from 5:00 p.m. to 4:...

A new program at Loyalist College to support aboriginal students in the construction trades has received a financial boost from the provincial government. The province is spending $3 million to suppor...

Quinte West is holding its 10th annual "Frostfest" at the Batawa Community Centre this weekend. This is a family day sponsored by the city. Mayor Jim Harrison says it's a community event that offers f...

  The local health unit is focusing its immunization program on two main student groups this season. Hastings Prince Edward health unit program manager Bill Sherlock told the board of health toda...

The Quinte area medical officer of health says the risk for the Zika virus is a "lot smaller than suspected, but not zero." Dr. Richard Schabas presented a report on the Zika mosquito-borne virus to t...

The good news is, it's a quiet influenza season in the Quinte area. Medical Officer of Health Dr. Richard Schabas told the Hastings Prince Edward Board of Health today that there had been the first ou...