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• Hastings County AI policy retains human control, sets limits

  03-06-2026 22:45 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Hastings County has a new policy on artificial intelligence, creating limits and guidance for its use and requiring human oversight.County council on May 28 approved a new eastern Ontario AI framework and the resulting new county AI policy.The county’s information technology (IT) director, Larry Dean, said one example of staff use of AI is the gathering of information from multiple sources and the drafting of reports.“At this point, there’s not a structure to it, and that&rsqu
  
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• Gallery 121 presents Early Summer Show

  04-06-2026 18:14 via intelligencer.ca
  
  The members of Gallery 121 are delighted to present their Early Summer Show, featuring Guest Artists Emóke Wilsonand Michael Amar, along with Featured Member Artist Cara Hancox, June 2 until July 11. The reception is set for Saturday, June 6 from 2-4 p.m.Cara Hancox is a multi-dimensional artist whose primary medium is acrylic, often enhanced with textural materials and found objects. During her years as an international designer, Cara absorbed a wide range of artistic influences that co
  
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• Patio season returns to Downtown Belleville for summer activities 

  04-06-2026 17:37 via intelligencer.ca
  
  The City of Belleville and Downtown Belleville Improvement Area (DBIA) have announced patio season has officially returned to Downtown Belleville.Patio season is one of Downtown Belleville’s most anticipated summer traditions, transforming the downtown core into a vibrant gathering place where visitors can connect, dine, shop and enjoy the best of the season.With 12 City of Belleville patios located throughout the downtown core, there is no better place to enjoy a morning coffee in the su
  
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• Former Belleville resident named to London Sports Hall of Fame

  04-06-2026 16:44 via intelligencer.ca
  
  A native of Kingston who attended school in Belleville for many years has been named to the London (Ontario) Sports Hall of Fame.Marie Claire Bilyk (née Ross) was named to the hall Wednesday, June 3 along with four other individuals and one team. She will be inducted into the Hall officially this November.Bilyk who attended St. Michael’s Elementary School and Nicholson Catholic College, was a Canadian powerhouse in para-swimming in the 1990s, representing Canada on the internationa
  
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• Downtown Belleville puts a spotlight on Cracked Glass Designs

  04-06-2026 16:25 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Step inside Cracked Glass Designs at 15 Market St., Unit 3 in Downtown Belleville, and you will quickly discover that creativity is always in motion.For owner Kathryn Moores, each day begins with a flurry of activity. From reviewing work orders and coordinating staff to organizing custom commissions, preparing for classes and responding to customer requests, there is rarely a quiet moment.“It doesn’t matter if I walk in five minutes before opening or an hour before opening, it&rsquo
  
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• Prince Edward County gears up for South Shore Fest nature celebration

  04-06-2026 16:18 via intelligencer.ca
  
  If you are a big fan of nature, you may not want to miss the upcoming South Shore Fest hosted by Prince Edward County’s eco group South Shore Joint Initiative (SSJI).Held to promote the unique natural heritage of southern reaches of the county, the nature festival is welcoming all to take part in a full sked of activities on June 13.The festival offers everything from forest bathing and nature walks hosted by South Shore Footpath Project volunteers to Wild Thing kids’ activities.Als
  
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• Conservationists urge awareness of turtles emerging for summer

  04-06-2026 16:10 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Belleville’s slowest-moving stampede is set to begin with the emergence of wild turtles across the city.After a slow start to turtle season due to inconsistent temperatures, the weather conditions are lining up at the end of this week to officially kick off nesting season.And, as usual, a perennial favourite is on offer to witness the creatures at Belleville’s turtle pond on the Bay of Quinte.Across the city, female turtles will be leaving wetlands, ponds, and waterways in search of
  
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• Quinte Field Naturalists invite youth to attend Mother Earth Summit

  03-06-2026 20:25 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Are you a youth who loves Mother Earth?If you’re interested in attending a fun and educational youth summit on the environment then the Quinte Field Naturalists (QFN) would like to hear from you.The field naturalists would like to send a local youth to Ontario Nature’s “Youth Summit for Mother Earth” , a cross-cultural event being held in mid-September.The QFN, partnering with the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists, will pay for the successful candidate’s parti
  
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• New mural mosaic project unveiled in Downtown Belleville

  03-06-2026 20:16 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Downtown Belleville BIA was proud to partner with the Quinte Arts Council to unveil a colourful new mural mosaic at 9 Market Street in Downtown Belleville.The community celebration featured many of local residents who contributed tiles to the project, along with the original mural artists and community partners who helped bring the vision to life.The mural is part of Canada Connects: Nature’s Canvas National Mural, a large-scale collaborative artwork designed by Canadian muralist Lewis La
  
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• Real estate sales increase across Quinte in May, says new CLAR report

  03-06-2026 20:10 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Real estate sales are on the increase this spring, according to the Central Lakes Association of Realtors (CLAR).Sales in Hastings, Prince Edward and Northumberland counties were on the upswing in May, regional statistics collected by CLAR show.May real estate activity also recorded “healthy inventory levels and mixed price trends as the spring market remained active throughout the month.”“May’s housing statistics reflect an active market across the CLAR area, with sales
  
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•  Loyalist cuts ribbon on new Medical Radiation Technology lab

  03-06-2026 20:00 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Loyalist College celebrated the grand opening of its Medical Radiation Technology (MRT) lab Tuesday, June 2 with a ribbon cutting event at the Belleville campus.Designed to reflect contemporary clinical environments, the new learning space gives students access to industry-standard equipment and simulated patient-care scenarios that mirror the work they will perform in hospitals and other health care settings.The event included remarks from Mark Kirkpatrick, President and CEO of Loyalist College
  
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• ‘Flying Banana’ arrives at National Air Force Museum of Canada at 8 Wing

  03-06-2026 19:56 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Despite its name, the latest addition to the National Air Force Museum of Canada’s fleet of military aircraft is not a piece of airworthy fruit.The museum, located at 8 Wing Trenton in Quinte West, accepted delivery May 30 of a Vertol Canada CH-125 Workhorse (Piasecki H 21B) from the BC Aviation Museum in Saanich, British Columbia.Commonly referred to as the “Flying Banana” due to its shape, this single-engine tandem rotor helicopter was first acquired by the RCAF in 1954 and
  
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• Hastings County briefs: paramedic medals, child care, more

  02-06-2026 22:20 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Two Hastings-Quinte paramedics have at last received the hardware for an honour awarded last year.Brenda Murray and Kelly Conner were among the 2025 honorees of the Governor General’s Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal.County Warden Bob Mullin and Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services Chief Carl Bowker presented the actual medals May 28 during council’s monthly meeting in Belleville.Both were chosen as 2025 recipients of the medal, however the medals themselves –
  
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• Belleville’s Own: From Mom and Pop to Sis and Bro

  02-06-2026 19:14 via intelligencer.ca
  
  VIC SCHUKOVTrenton-born Dave Hedge, sister Jessica and their mom Tina are the whole show at a lovely breakfast nook called Harbour Café.“Dad (Dave Sr.) bought it at end of 2018,” said Dave and we launched in February 2019. Mom was the show runner as Dad was dealing with health problems. When all the Covid stuff happened, it forced us to look at reality; lockdowns, open a few days, then close, paying employees and rent when we were not open; it forced us to make it truly famil
  
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• Belleville-Quinte Walk to End ALS needs donations for local patients

  02-06-2026 18:02 via intelligencer.ca
  
  The annual Walk to End ALS returns to Belleville Saturday morning, and donations are needed to support patients and families living with the terminal illness.This is the Belleville-Quinte walk’s 25th year, and lead volunteer Evelyn Wilson said organizers are hoping to more than double the average of $30,000 raised here each year for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Canada.The local goal this year is $35,000. As of press time, a little more than $8,000 had been raised.The first
  
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• Belleville-Quinte Walk to End ALS needs donations

  02-06-2026 18:02 via intelligencer.ca
  
  The annual Walk to End ALS returns to Belleville Saturday morning, and donations are needed to support patients and research into the terminal illness.This is the Belleville-Quinte walk’s 25th year, and lead volunteer Evelyn Wilson said organizers are hoping to more than double the average of $30,000 raised here each year for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Canada.The local goal this year is $35,000. As of press time, a little more than $8,000 had been raised.The first 24 wal
  
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• Department of Illumination's Big Fires event June 20 in Picton

  02-06-2026 16:41 via intelligencer.ca
  
  A free, eight-hour party of family-friendly activities and live music will be held June 20 at a Prince Edward County brewery.The Department of Illumination, known for such events as the annual Firelight Festival, is organizing the Big Fires event to mark the summer solstice. Proceeds will raise funds for the group.Held at Slake Brewing at 101 Mowbray Rd., south of Picton, it features a range of musical acts. The brewery is the department’s premier sponsor of the year.Look for Belleville&r
  
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• PEC Soccer Assoc.'s new clubhouse scores $150K from Airbnb FIFA fund

  02-06-2026 16:20 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Airbnb is kicking in $150,000 for the Prince Edward County Soccer Assoc.’s new clubhouse, one of four Ontario donations related to the FIFA World Cup.This year’s World Cup includes games in Canada. Short-term accommodation company Airbnb is the tournament’s official alternative accommodation booking platform. The partnership includes donations for soccer infrastructure projects through the FIFA World Cup 2026 Impact Program .The program’s other Ontario donations are to c
  
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• June is Recreation and Parks Month and Seniors Month in Belleville

  02-06-2026 15:58 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Belleville’s Community Services Department invites residents to join in the celebration of June is Recreation and Parks Month (JRPM), a province-wide movement led by Parks and Recreation Ontario and the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association. The month highlights the many benefits of recreation and parks for physical, social and mental wellbeing. June is also recognized across Ontario as Seniors Month, promoted by the Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility.To celebrate JRPM and Seniors
  
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• Harping for kids at Brighton Public School

  02-06-2026 14:05 via intelligencer.ca
  
  They called themselves Tgobiaritz, a duo from Peterborough area who specialize in Scottish (folk) harp and flute music plus story telling. They are Angelica Ottewill, harpist and Tari Owen, flutist.Between their playing, singing and story telling, they kept a young audience entranced for around an hour as they performed for hundreds of kids from all grades in the school gymnasium Friday afternoon, May 29. Sitting on a hard oak floor, they may have fidgeted a bit, but they listened and watched a
  
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• Belleville homeowners object to proposed 5-storey apartment complex

  02-06-2026 07:42 via intelligencer.ca
  
  One thing is for certain.A strong showing of Belleville homeowners living on Dundas Street West between Sidney Street and Palmer Road are dead set against a proposed five-storey, 39-unit apartment building application now before Belleville’s Planning Advisory Committee.Residents living near the property in question at 239 Dundas Street West filled City Hall council chambers Monday to voice their opposition in a public meeting held to gather feedback on a rezoning bid for the proposed mult
  
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• Garage fire erupts soon after stranger barges into home, then leaves

  02-06-2026 05:06 via intelligencer.ca
  
  A family stood in disbelief Monday evening as they watched their garage and two cars erupting in flames only minutes after a stranger barged into their home and then abruptly left without warning.Shortly after 8 p.m., Sue Kimball and her grandson David Kimball were sitting in their home at 94 West Moira Street when a man walked unannounced through their front door and enquired about buying items outside on a table.The stranger then turned and left before fire broke out minutes later on the west
  
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• Belleville-area hockey legend Dennis Hull remembered

  01-06-2026 17:27 via intelligencer.ca
  
  Point Anne native and professional all-star hockey player Dennis Hull is being remembered for his stellar career in the National Hockey League.Mr. Hull died on Sat., May 30.He was 81.Mr. Hull was the brother of “Golden Jet” Bobby Hull and uncle of nephew Brett Hull but was a superstar on ice in his own right with the Chicago Blackhawks from 1964 to 1977 earning the nickname “Silver Jet” for his fearsome slap shot.He scored 283 goals with Chicago and appeared in five NHL
  
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• Fire engulfs Hamilton Road home, one resident unaccounted for

  23-05-2026 13:43 via intelligencer.ca
  A person was unaccounted for following an early morning fire Saturday in Quinte West.An investigation was opened by the Ontario Provincial Police and the Ontario Fire Marshall’s office after a fully involved fire burned a home to the ground at 16 Hamilton Road.Quinte West Fire Chief John Whelan told The Intelligencer Saturday morning officials are, “still looking for one person. Not sure if they were in the home at the time of the fire.”The call for assistance came in at 2:09
  
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• Paramedics prescribed pups and pony during Paramedic Services Week

  22-05-2026 19:56 via intelligencer.ca
  A dog-and-pony show has taken over Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services bases during National Paramedic Services Week.Therapy dogs of St. John Ambulance, along with a few fuzzy guests, have been touring most of the bases in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties to prevent the mental-health benefits of spending time with animals.Local 1842 of the Canadian Union of Paramedic Employees, which represents local medics, partnered with Cory MacKay of St. John Ambulance to arrange the visits. “During
  
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• Quinte West OPP charge Trenton man with possessing child sex abuse material

  22-05-2026 19:44 via intelligencer.ca
  Quinte West OPP have charged a Trenton man with possessing material related to child sexual abuse and exploitation.Detectives on May 20 searched a home in Trenton, seizing several electronic devices, police announced May 22 in a news release. Both the OPP child sexual exploitation unit and digital forensics unit aided in the investigation.Police have arrested and charged an individual following a child sexual exploitation investigation. They arrested one man.Kyle Peirson, 30, is charged. He was
  
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• Belleville police lay 166 charges in traffic blitz

  22-05-2026 16:02 via intelligencer.ca
  Belleville police laid 166 charges during Canada Road Safety Week, with speeding and mobile phone use accounting for most of them.The seven-day campaign ran from May 12 through May 18. City police released their results Friday.This year’s theme for the campaign was, “Road Safety – Every Road. Every Day. Everyone,” intended as a reminder that all road users have a daily responsibility to ensure safety.Belleville officers “made a fulsome effort to promote safe drivin
  
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• Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services honours Todd Lamorre with leadership award

  22-05-2026 00:38 via intelligencer.ca
  One of Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services’ most senior front-line paramedics has received the service’s 2026 leadership award.Belleville native Todd Lamorre, 52, received the trophy from Chief Carl Bowker during an information Paramedic Services Week gathering Thursday at the service’s Belleville headquarters.Lamorre had been called in from his usual base in Picton but hadn’t been told the reason.“I was surprised,” he said.Chief Bowker said the award began in
  
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• Belleville craftsman has birdhouses on the brain

  21-05-2026 23:15 via intelligencer.ca
  Allan Mott tends to get carried away with his hobbies.Six years ago, the retired Belleville teacher began building birdhouses.There are now about 70 of them in his yard, and a few dozen more at the homes of relatives and friends.“I get obsessed with stuff,” he said Wednesday before leading The Intelligencer on a backyard birdhouse tour.“It’s a sickness,” he said dryly.It all started rather innocently.Back in 2020, Mott and his wife, retired provincial government wo
  
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• Wellington Wastewater Plant earmarked for $20.6M in federal funds

  21-05-2026 20:13 via intelligencer.ca
  The federal government is investing $20.6 million in Prince Edward County toward a more modern, environmentally responsible wastewater system in Wellington.The cash infusion to offset the cost of expanding the Wellington Extended Aeration Wastewater Treatment Plant may assuage fears by residents that a large portion of the projected expenditures would end up being foisted upon local tax bills.Chris Malette, Bay of Quinte MP was joined by Prince Edward County Mayor Steve Ferguson to announce the
  
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