Belleville news

• Belleville firefighters contain 12-plex apartment fire on Henry Street

  07-01-2026 22:50 via intelligencer.ca
  Belleville firefighters responded to an apartment fire in the 100 block of Henry Street in the West Hill neighbourhood Wednesday afternoon. Deputy Chief Mark Shannon of Belleville Fire and Emergency Services, said firefighters were quickly on scene after the call came in at 3:22 p.m. It was the second fire in as many days in Belleville after firefighters doused a house blaze on Gilbert Street Tuesday shortly after arriving at 6 p.m. Shannon said firefighters “contained the fire to one unit
  
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• Belleville's homelessness task force: more outreach and government support needed

  07-01-2026 22:44 via intelligencer.ca
  Belleville needs more proactive approaches to reduce the impact of mental health conditions, addiction, and homelessness, members of a mayoral task force heard Wednesday. Mayor Neil Ellis’ Understanding Homelessness Task Force convened online with guest speakers Lisa Ali and Ashley Vader of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA, Sheila Braidek of the Belleville and Quinte West Community Health Centre, and Deputy Chief Danielle Spitzig of Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services. The guest
  
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• Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services sets spring hiring goal

  07-01-2026 20:08 via intelligencer.ca
  Hastings County’s paramedic chief is reporting improvements from 2025 and a plan to hire 30 more paramedics this spring. In written reports to Hastings County’s emergency services committee, Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services Chief Carl Bowker details the latest approaches to staffing. He also reports upon improvements and challenges seen in the last calendar year. “Adequate staffing is at the heart of everything we do and without it we struggle to support both the needs our co
  
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• Hastings-Quinte paramedic chief reports on staffing plan and recent gains

  07-01-2026 20:08 via intelligencer.ca
  Hastings County’s paramedic chief is reporting improvements from 2025 and a plan to hire 30 more paramedics this spring. In written reports to Hastings County’s emergency services committee, Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services Chief Carl Bowker details the latest approaches to staffing. He also reports upon improvements and challenges seen in the last calendar year. “Adequate staffing is at the heart of everything we do and without it we struggle to support both the needs our co
  
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• Belleville firefighters extinguish house fire in freezing drizzle conditions

  07-01-2026 01:30 via intelligencer.ca
  Belleville Fire and Emergency Services responded to a house fire in a punishing, constant drizzle of freezing rain that coated everything in its path Tuesday evening. Firefighters quickly went to work on scene to extinguish a blaze in a single-family home in the 100 block of Gilbert Street after a call for assistance came in at 6:06 p.m. City firefighters discovered no residents in the home when they arrived. Deputy Chief Mark Shannon said the fire was contained shortly after 6:30 p.m. and firef
  
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