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• Enbridge Gas funds safety training support for Prince Edward County firefighters

  11-01-2026 20:01 via intelligencer.ca
  Enbridge Gas Ontario has provided funding to Prince Edward County Fire and Rescue to purchase firefighting training materials not long after a similar presentation recently to Belleville Fire and Emergency Services. The funds are being made through Enbridge’s Safe Community Project Assist–a program with the Fire Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council (FMPFSC) that supplements existing training for Ontario volunteers and composite fire departments. This year’s $125,000 inves
  
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• Combustibles sparked fire in Henry Street apartment building

  11-01-2026 19:52 via intelligencer.ca
  A fire that was quickly contained Jan. 7 by Belleville firefighters in a nine-plex on Henry Street has caused roughly $26,000 in damage. Belleville Fire and Emergency Services investigators determined late last week the fire “was caused by combustibles left on top of the stove and the range being left on.” “Firefighters responded swiftly to the scene and successfully extinguished the blaze that started within the kitchen.” The apartment was not occupied at the time of the
  
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• Belleville ranked number 22 U-Haul Canadian growth city

  11-01-2026 19:44 via intelligencer.ca
  Belleville’s former top-five ranking as one of the fastest-growing cities in Canada in 2024 has slipped to to a top-25 spot, says a national moving company. According to U-Haul’s growth index migration data, Belleville earned the 22nd spot in its list of customers moving in and out of cities in 2025. “Belleville slides 19 spots from its number-three growth city ranking in 2024 but remains a prime destination for do-it-yourself movers,” the company said in a release. &ldqu
  
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• Quinte Conservation ‘does not support’  merger into regional conservation authority

  11-01-2026 19:22 via intelligencer.ca
  Quinte Conservation “does not support” a proposed merger into one of seven planned regional conservation authorities across Ontario to be overseen by a newly created Ontario Provincial Conservation Agency. In a December 19, 2025 letter sent electronically to Todd McCarthy, Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks, Quinte Conservation board made it clear it is not in favour of the plan to reduce Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities into seven larger bodies. If approved b
  
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