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  A local MPP is hopeful that students at Belleville's Loyalist College can be back in the classroom by Tuesday. Prince Edward Hastings MPP Todd Smith tells Quinte News that he is expecting the m...

Ontario's striking college faculty have voted not to accept an offer that would have ended the nearly five-week job action. OPSEU President of Local 420 at Loyalist College Eric Bauer says it came as ...

Hydro rates were the focus of a town hall in Belleville Tuesday night. A group called "We Own It" held the meeting at the Belleville Marriott, with stakeholders, political dignitaries and community me...

  A group of citizens who want to stop school closures in the region is going to drop a petition off to MPP Todd Smith this week. Smith says he is expecting a visit from representatives of Rural ...

    The man who will run against County Mayor Robert Quaiff in the upcoming provincial election says he did not expect him to support Kathleen Wynne. Todd Smith, the incumbent Conservative i...

  The MPP for Prince Edward Hastings says the "Queen's Park knows best attitude", is all over the decision to locate a health hub in downtown Trenton. Todd Smith says most community groups want t...

  A local contractor tells Quinte News he is owed more than $100,000 by Sears Canada and he wants to get paid. Friday morning at the Sears Warehouse on College Street East in Belleville, a repres...

  A bid to establish a registry to track who is lobbying Belleville city councillors didn't get off the ground this week at city council. Councillor Paul Carr introduced a motion calling for a st...

UPDATE @ 1:15 p.m.: OPP say a mechanical failure is the potential cause of a fire, in a transport truck carrying flammable cargo, on the 401 in Kingston last night. Firefighters and OPP responded to t...

  The man who made a complaint against the Belleville Police Chief says safety and freedom are never at odds. Wednesday on the Lorne Brooker Show, Darren Moore discussed the complaint made to the...