Author Archives: Zach McGibbon

Kelly Henderson took part in her first council meeting since being appointed to the councillor role by Belleville City Council. The council seat was left vacant after now Bay of Quinte MP Chris Malett...

Belleville City Council carried a motion from Councillor Paul Carr calling on Hastings County to develop a multi-year capital plan for the construction of affordable and social housing in order to eli...

A motion to have staff at the City of Belleville prepare a plan to implement a minimum of four electric vehicle-charging stations at Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre failed to pass at council's meeti...

Belleville City Council approved receiving a city report on Bill 17 at its meeting on Monday, but did so with some councillors expressing skepticism on the effectiveness of the provincial bill. Ontari...

The City of Belleville has released its building stats for the month of May. Seventy building permits were issued for the month, including residential, commercial, industrial and institutional permits...

A person was hit by a train and killed yesterday afternoon in Cobourg. The collision occurred near a rail crossing at Burnham Street and Westwood Drive at around 2 p.m. An investigation continues by t...

Local unemployment numbers in the Belleville-Quinte West Census Metropolitan Area for the month of May have been released by Statistics Canada. The number for the local CMA, which includes Belleville,...

Environment Canada is issuing a special air quality statement as wildfire smoke is expected to hit the region starting tonight. The smoke is expected to continue into tomorrow morning. In its statemen...

The City of Quinte West says beginning on Monday, the following sidewalk areas will be replaced: North sidewalk: Dundas Street West between McColl Street and Maclellan Avenue South sidewalk: Dundas St...

McDougall Insurance has announced it is merging with Keyes Insurance Brokerage Limited in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Keyes is McDougall's first Atlantic Canadian office, which the company says is a signifi...