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• CFWD's Free Identification and Employment Clinic returns

  12-08-2026 19:19 via intelligencer.ca
  
  The Centre for Workforce Development (CFWD) is pleased to announce two upcoming Free Identification & Employment Clinics that will help vulnerable, low-income, and unhoused individuals access theidentification, employment supports, and community services they need to move forward.Following the success of CFWD’s clinic last fall in North Hastings, which supported 30 individuals and provided 177 essential services, CFWD is expanding the initiative with follow-up clinics this month in bo
  
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• Hastings County releases more data on cost to end homelessness locally

  12-08-2026 18:01 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Hastings County staff have released more data on the financial requirements to essentially end homelessness locally.Chief administrative Connor Dorey on Wednesday provided an update to the county’s community and human services committee. His report was simply for members’ information. The committee took no action as a result of it.He reported reaching the point of “functional zero homelessness” in the county would cost between $11.3 million and $23.4 million annually. Th
  
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• Hastings County releases details of spending to end local homelessness

  12-08-2026 18:01 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Hastings County staff have released more data on the financial requirements to essentially end homelessness locally.Chief administrative Connor Dorey on Wednesday provided an update to the county’s community and human services committee. His report was simply for members’ information. The committee took no action on it.He reported reaching the point of “functional zero homelessness” in the county would cost between $11.3 million and $23.4 million annually. The figures we
  
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• Hastings County releases details of funding needed to end local homelessness

  12-08-2026 18:01 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Hastings County staff have released more data on the funding needed to essentially end homelessness locally.Chief administrative Connor Dorey on Wednesday provided an update to the county’s community and human services committee. His report was simply for members’ information. The committee took no action on it.He reported reaching the point of “functional zero homelessness” in the county would cost between $11.3 million and $23.4 million annually. The figures were deriv
  
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• Ontario provides FNTI $75,000 to establish Safety Management Lead

  12-08-2026 17:53 via intelligencer.ca
  
  To continue building a strong transportation network that meets the individual needs of Indigenous communities and organizations across Ontario, Hastings-Lennox and Addington MPP Ric Bresee announced Wednesday the Ontario government is providing up to $586,768 to eight communities/organizations through this year’s Indigenous Transportation Initiatives Fund (ITIF).“Behind every flight is a person—a student pursuing a dream, a family waiting for someone to come home, or a commun
  
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• Doors Open Belleville invites residents to explore local heritage

  12-08-2026 17:27 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Heritage Belleville, an advisory committee of the City of Belleville, is inviting residents and visitors to discover the stories behind some of the Quinte area’s most unique buildings and historic sites during Doors Open Belleville on Sat., Sept. 12.From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (hours vary by location), visitors can enjoy free access to 22 participating sites, many of which are not regularly open to the public. Volunteers will be on hand to share the history, architecture, and significance of e
  
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• Hastings County long-term care nurses receive wages and more after arbitration

  12-08-2026 17:15 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Ontario Nurses’ Association members in Hastings County’s long-term care homes are getting retroactive raises and other gains in a new contract awarded by an arbitrator.The county’s long-term care committee on Wednesday learned the details in a written report from long-term care director Erin Chapman and human resources director Shaune Lightfoot.She reported the county’s last contract with the Ontario Nurses’ Association Local 031 expired on March 31, 2023. Negotiat
  
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• Hastings County long-term care nurses receive raiseses and more after arbitration

  12-08-2026 17:15 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Ontario Nurses’ Association members in Hastings County’s long-term care homes are getting retroactive raises and other gains in a new contract awarded by an arbitrator.The county’s long-term care committee on Wednesday learned the details in a written report from long-term care director Erin Chapman and human resources director Shaune Lightfoot.She reported the county’s last contract with the Ontario Nurses’ Association Local 031 expired on March 31, 2023. Negotiat
  
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• Hastings County long-term care nurses receive raises and more after arbitration

  12-08-2026 17:15 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Ontario Nurses’ Association members in Hastings County’s long-term care homes are getting retroactive raises and other gains in a new contract awarded by an arbitrator.The county’s long-term care committee on Wednesday learned the details in a written report from long-term care director Erin Chapman and human resources director Shaune Lightfoot.She reported the county’s last contract with the Ontario Nurses’ Association Local 031 expired on March 31, 2023. Negotiat
  
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• Belleville Art Association presents ‘Here and Now’

  12-08-2026 16:44 via intelligencer.ca
  
  “Here and There” is the new art show at the Belleville Art Association Gallery. Artist members were asked to create works of art that drew inspiration from their surroundings. By using local scenes and everyday photographs as starting points, they were encouraged to interpret the theme from their own personal perspective. The paintings and photographs on display celebrate their own viewpoint and unique, creative expression.Artists were also able to show any piece of artwork not rela
  
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