Belleville news

• Belleville's homelessness task force receives praise, gets advice on what works

  04-02-2026 23:03 via intelligencer.ca
  Several senior executives of Canadian Mental Health Association branches were the day’s guest speakers in the online meeting moderated by Mayor Neil Ellis, the task force’s creator. The association’s Hastings-Prince Edward branch leads the local Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub (HART) project; its chief executive officer, Lisa Ali, spoke previously to the task force but was not in the latest meeting. The guest speakers said Ontario’s landscape of health a
  
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• Madoc crash: One paramedic in hospital, one released

  04-02-2026 20:31 via intelligencer.ca
  Hastings County staff and unionized paramedics are thanking the public for their support after a Monday-afternoon collision in Madoc injured two paramedics, one critically, and two others. One paramedic on Wednesday was released from hospital. The investigation by Central Hastings OPP into the collision continued. Police reported an ambulance and transport cruck collided at about 3 p.m. Feb. 2 at the intersection of Highways 7 and 62, just north of the village. Two paramedics of Hastings-Quinte
  
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• Central Lakes Association of REALTORS® releases January housing statistics

  04-02-2026 19:56 via intelligencer.ca
  The Central Lakes Association of REALTORS® has released its January 2026 Housing Market Statistics, reflecting seasonally typical market activity at the start of the year.
  Sales levels remained consistent with late-year trends, while average sale prices showed modest month-over-month increases across several regions, pointing to areas of emerging price stability. New listing activity remained active, supporting steady inventory levels and providing buyers with continued choice.
  “With
  
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• Southeast Public Health cuts sole nurse practitioner job, union says

  04-02-2026 18:37 via intelligencer.ca
  Southeast Public Health has laid off its only nurse practitioner, with the Ontario Nurses’ Association demanding a reversal of the decision. “It is a dangerous decision to lay off the only nurse practitioner, who provides specialized, essential care to the most vulnerable and underserved members of the community,” the union’s president, Erin Ariss, stated in a Wednesday-morning news release. The position was based in the area once served by the former Leeds, Grenville, an
  
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• Family Tree Therapy opens new play therapy practice in Downtown Belleville

  04-02-2026 18:03 via intelligencer.ca
  Family Tree Therapy, a new mental health and therapy practice offering creative, evidence based support for children, youth, families, and adults, has officially opened at 340 Pinnacle Street in Downtown Belleville. Mayor Neil Ellis along with Councillors Garnet Thompson, Councillor Margaret Seu, Adam Bramburger on behalf of MPP Tyler Allsopp, Kevin Clarke on behalf of MP Chris Malette, Jill Raycroft on behalf of the Belleville Chamber of Commerce, Michelle Lochan Destination Development Special
  
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• New community learning centre opens in Downtown Belleville

  04-02-2026 17:45 via intelligencer.ca
  Honeydrop Learning House has opened at 303 Front Street in Downtown Belleville. This new community learning centre offers homeschool support, after school enrichment and lifelong learning opportunities. Mayor Neil Ellis along with Councillor Garnet Thompson, Councillor Margaret Seu, Danielle Lettersky on behalf of MPP Tyler Allsopp, Kevin Clarke on behalf of MP Chris Malette, Jill Raycroft on behalf of the Belleville Chamber of Commerce, Michelle Lochan Destination Development Specialist for the
  
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• Albert College presents heartfelt comedy, Last Day of School

  04-02-2026 16:13 via intelligencer.ca
  On February 5, 6 and 7, Albert College Senior School students will present the comedy, Last Day of School, by Ian McWethy.Audiences can expect an engaging play capturing the high-stakes energy of the final day of high school, where graduates face their last chance to be bold, brave and even a little strange. Through a series of interconnected scenes, the performance explores long-held misconceptions, old grudges and secret crushes that finally come to light in hilarious and surprisingly touching
  
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• Seven Stories truly riveting

  04-02-2026 16:02 via intelligencer.ca
  Seasoned Belleville Theatre Guild director lan C. Feltham, describes his production of the Morrish Panych play Seven Stories in terms like “thin air between logic and longing, surrealism, and “resolution of the two states of dream and reality.”Helping him present these goals is a talented and well-rehearsed cast of 14 actors, starting with David Simpkins, a man obviously bent on suicide standing on a ledge of a seventh floor apartment building. The background are seven windows
  
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