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• Ontario presents Belleville with $1.2M in Building Faster Funds

  15-07-2026 21:03 via intelligencer.ca
  
  A successful year of new housing builds in Belleville led to a hefty cash injection for the city Monday morning at City Hall from the Ontario government.Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis was unable to attend the meeting due to a prior commitment but Coun. Barb Enright-Miller was on hand in council chambers to officially acknowledge receipt of $1.24 million in Building Faster Funds from Rob Flack, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.She was joined by colleagues Coun(s). Garnet Thompson, Kathryn
  
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• Loyalist College confirms it experienced a July 9 cyber attack

  15-07-2026 17:55 via intelligencer.ca
  
  According to a post on the Loyalist College website Wednesday morning, a cyber attack was “identified on July 9 and has been contained.”“We immediately notified provincial authorities and initiated an investigation. The college alerted our community to the system interruption through an announcement posted on our website. We also retained third party experts to investigate the cause and scope of the incident and assist with restoration,” the college said.Hannah Brown, di
  
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• The Happy Ghost Gang: Letting the music lead the way

  15-07-2026 17:15 via intelligencer.ca
  
  GREG TEALQUINTE ARTS COUNCILOn any given night in Belleville or the surrounding region, audiences might hear a familiar song transformed into something unexpectedly intimate. A rock anthem might slow to a gentle acoustic pulse, or a folk tune might swell with layered harmonies that linger long after the final note. That ability to reshape music into something personal has become the signature of The Happy Ghost Gang, the musical duo of Ben Thompson and Jess Chatterton.The pair first crossed pat
  
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• Dennis Flintoff announces candidacy for mayor in Quinte West election

  15-07-2026 17:06 via intelligencer.ca
  
  A three-way race for the mayor’s job is now in play in Quinte West with a third candidate throwing his hat in the ring following Mayor Jim Harrison’s confirmation he is bowing out of municipal politics.Dennis Flintoff announced on Wednesday he will run in the municipal election October 26 when city residents go to the polls.He will square off against Quinte West Coun(s). Shelley Stedall and Zack Card who have previously announced their own campaigns for mayor.In Flintoff’s ann
  
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• Drifting wildfire smoke envelops Quinte prompting health alerts

  15-07-2026 16:56 via intelligencer.ca
  
  A sweeping pall of smoke drifting from large wildfires in northwestern Ontario has prompted air-quality warnings for Quinte residents.Combined with a heat wave that set a record of 33.4 Celsius on Tuesday at CFB Trenton weather station, the conditions are creating poor visibility and health risks to those with health issues and the elderly.In an advisory issued Wednesday morning, Environment Canada said “poor air quality may persist into Thursday for some areas.”A tandem heat warnin
  
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• Bell Creek needs help

  15-07-2026 15:41 via intelligencer.ca
  
  One of the last remaining “wild” areas in Belleville is under threat from a major new subdivision. While the project not only will devastate a natural scenic area and major wildlife habitat, but as a lowland, it also plays a key role in adequate drainage and flood control, residents affirm.A public meeting is set for 6 p.m. Wed., July 22 in Eastminster United Church. The meeting is expected to wrap-up 7:30 p.m. A panel of professional and knowledgeable speakers will make brief remar
  
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