Belleville news

• Co-operative approach to encampments works well: Quinte West CAO

  16-01-2026 19:34 via intelligencer.ca
  Co-operation, not conflict, is Quinte West’s aim when dealing with encampments. And it’s working, chief administrative officer Chris Angelo says. The city has a much smaller unhoused population than Belleville. Current numbers were not immediately available. As of Sept. 30, 2025 there were at least 251 unhoused people in Hastings County, most of them in Belleville, county staff reported. Angelo said there are relatively few encampments in Quinte West, and city employees and local par
  
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• Area agencies advise working with, not against, encampment residents to reduce issues

  16-01-2026 19:29 via intelligencer.ca
  Officials involved in homelessness response in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties are recommending more co-operation with encampment residents to reduce health and public safety issues. “There’s a larger conversation to be had about how the community can respond as a whole,” said Ashley Vader. She’s the director of housing and homelessness for the Canadian Mental Health Association Hastings Prince Edward (CMHA). Vader said many people see encampments as “degrading
  
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• Loyalist College to host Winter Open House on Jan. 24

  16-01-2026 18:01 via intelligencer.ca
  Loyalist College invites future students, families and community members to attend Open House on Saturday, Jan. 24 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Belleville campus.
  Throughout the morning, visitors can connect with current students and faculty to ask questions and get a feel for life at Loyalist. Explore diverse learning options and take a guided tour of campus, from residence buildings to labs and learning spaces.
  Attendees will also have the oppor
  
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• OLG issues third quarter gaming revenue payment to Belleville

  16-01-2026 17:42 via intelligencer.ca
  Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has made its third quarter (October 1 – December 31) payment totaling $745,728 to the City of Belleville for hosting Shorelines Casino Belleville. So far, during OLG’s fiscal year (April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026), Belleville has received $2,371,290. Since the gaming site opened in January 2017, Belleville has received $24,694,875.
   These payments to host communities are based on a formula in the Municipality Contribution Ag
  
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• Prince Edward County highlights warm public spaces, support options

  16-01-2026 03:47 via intelligencer.ca
  With colder temperatures forecasted for the next several days, the County of Prince Edward is reminding residents about community support options. Library branches and community centres are warm spaces to visit during their regular hours. Emergency overnight accommodations may be available when Environment Canada’s forecast for Prince Edward County predicts a temperature of minus 15 C or colder, or a wind chill of minus 20 C or colder. If you need a place to stay overnight, call the local
  
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• Campbellford hospital auxiliary's Polar Plunge is Jan. 24

  16-01-2026 03:21 via intelligencer.ca
  The 34th-annual Polar Plunge in support of Campbellford Memorial Hospital is slated for Jan. 24 at Lion’s Club Community Park. It’s organized by The Auxiliary to Campbellford Memorial Hospital. Registration starts at 11 a.m. and the plunging begins at noon. Participants will charge into the icy Trent River. Organizers say many of the brave plungers are motivated by the care they or their loved ones have received at the hospital. Many are repeat participants. “All agree that str
  
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• Quinte Conservation: water levels have returned to normal

  16-01-2026 02:54 via intelligencer.ca
  Quinte Conservation staff and advisors have declared water levels in the area have returned to normal. The conservation authority’s area includes the Moira, Salmon, and Napanee Rivers and has spent months under varying degrees of low-water conditions. Quinte Conservation staff on Thursday announced they and the local Low Water Response Team had declared the return of normal “Precipitation and stream flow conditions have greatly improved over the last three months,” staff wrote
  
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