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• Belleville launches new application to grow future development in city

  10-06-2026 22:31 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Belleville municipal officials have launched a new interactive GIS application called DevReady designed to help developers, investors and property owners make informed development decisions with greater confidence and ease.Developed in-house by GIS supervisor Jason Bonisteel in partnership with the Planning and Building departments, DevReady is a key component of Belleville’s broader investors toolkit and provides users with quick access to zoning information, permitted land uses, develop
  
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• Belleville council in home stretch of answering doctor shortage: Poste

  10-06-2026 22:23 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Belleville’s ongoing municipal physician and retention recruitment program has made significant strides to answer a severe doctor shortage in the city this term, city council heard Monday.Karen Poste, city manager of municipal physician recruitment program, informed council that 25 new doctors have been recruited to practise in the city placing Belleville in the home stretch of recitifying the crisis for the time being.By last count, the city has spent more than $7 million of Belleville t
  
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• Ontario transportation ministry conducting safety review of intersection of Hwys. 62 and 7

  10-06-2026 20:59 via intelligencer.ca
  
  The Ontario Ministry of Transportation is conducting a safety review of the intersection of Highways 62 and 7 after a February crash that injured two paramedics.That Feb. 2 collision between a transport truck and an ambulance prompted swift action from Centre Hastings council, which voted to ask the ministry for a review and asked for changes to the intersection.The Intelligencer has learned the ministry has begun that review. “Our thoughts are with those affected by this incident,”
  
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• Cornerstone's 10th annual Women's Day Luncheon raises over $84,000

  10-06-2026 18:56 via intelligencer.ca
  NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY — Thanks to the generosity and support of the community, Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre (Cornerstone) is pleased to announce its 10th Annual Women’s Day Luncheon, held on Thursday, May 14th at the Best Western in Cobourg, raised a record-breaking over $84,000. These funds will help Cornerstone continue to provide vital programs and services to individuals and families impacted by gender-based violence across Northumberland County.The motivational
  
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• Abducted at Sea: Flotilla activist to speak in Belleville June 27

  10-06-2026 18:44 via intelligencer.ca
  
  WhenShahid Mahmood returned to Belleville’s weekly Sunday afternoon vigil for Palestine on May 24, he was greeted with a series of warm embraces from friends and supporters. One enthusiastic bear hug, however, drew a cry of pain.Mahmood had arrived from Istanbul the night before after a 15-hour flight home. Just days earlier, he had been among participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla, an international civilian mission seeking to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. The voyage ended when Isr
  
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• CARP meeting discusses activities at Presqu'ile Provincial Park

  10-06-2026 18:24 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Even many long-lived members of the Greater Quinte Area CARP chapter were surprised and amazed Tuesday at what is going on at Presqu’ile Provincial Park as they listened to a presentation by Beverley Cook, chair of communications for the Friends of Presqu’ile Park, a charitable support organization.She outlined the park’s role as a nature conservation site, but also for public education and recreation plus providing hundreds of hours of volunteer labour from marsh boardwalk to
  
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• Quinte Arts Council awards six student bursaries

  10-06-2026 18:04 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Quinte Arts Council has announced the recipients of the 2026 graduating student bursaries.Each year Quinte Arts Council (QAC) awards six bursaries to students graduating from secondary schools in Hastings and Prince Edward counties who are interested in pursuing post-secondary education in an arts-related field. These scholarships are designed to support young creatives as they take the next steps in their artistic journey.QAC Student Arts BursaryThe Quinte Arts Council awards two bursaries.Con
  
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• Hastings County homelessness: overall decrease, but increase in chronic homelessness

  10-06-2026 17:25 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Hastings County staff are reporting more encouraging statistics on the reduction of total homelessness while noting an increase in chronic homelessness.Community and human services director Jamie Lynne Osmond reported the statistics during Wednesday’s meeting of the community and human services committee in Belleville.The data included the numbers from the county’s by-name list of people known to be experiencing homelessness in the last quarter, which ended March 31. People must con
  
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