Belleville news

• Quinte West briefs

  18-08-2026 16:41 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Speak up on land-use priorities in Quinte WestQuinte West is inviting residents, business and property owners, to complete a short online survey about the future of land use in Quinte West.The survey is a community engagement opportunity aimed at gathering feedback from the community on land use priorities as part of the city’s comprehensive zoning by-law review process.The city’s comprehensive zoning by-law translates its Official Plan into everyday rules, such as where different l
  
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• Two people killed in collision on Hwy. 62 south of Bancroft

  18-08-2026 16:22 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Members of the Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision which claimed the lives of two people.On Sun., August 16, 2026, shortly after 5:15 p.m., officers responded to a head-on collision involving two vehicles on Highway 62 just south of Bancroft.One driver, a 41-year-old resident of Mount Bridges, was pronounced deceased at the scene.The other driver, a 46-year-old resident of Wollaston Lake, was transported to hospital by emerg
  
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• Belleville construction values reach $19.5M year over year in July

  18-08-2026 16:13 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Monthly building permits issued in July were up from the same month in 2025, city statistics show.Belleville’s building department issued 69 new building permits as compared to 62 permits for the same month the year before.Total construction value registered for July in Belleville, according to statistics provided The Intelligencer by the city’s Building Department, shows a recorded $19.5 million in projects compared to $5.1 million in the same month the year before.Municipal revenu
  
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