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• House fire in Belleville on Wednesday - inquinte.ca

  24-12-2025 15:17
  House fire in Belleville on Wednesday  inquinte.ca
  
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• Batawa Skill Hill enjoying ‘good start to the season’ thanks to early snowfall

  04-01-2026 20:31 via intelligencer.ca
  Ski enthusiasts big and small are flocking to Batawa Ski Hill to take advantage of excellent snow conditions as the popular downhill ski and snowboarding venue enjoys a strong start to the winter season. For weeks, thousands of visitors have filled the ski hill runs and chalet – especially on weekends and over the holidays — as winter storms have continued to dump record snowfall on the Quinte region. For families in Quinte West and beyond, the ski hill is a traditional winter destin
  
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• Stiffer penalties await impaired drivers as new survey finds public attitudes shifting

  04-01-2026 20:03 via intelligencer.ca
  Stiffer penalities for impaired-driving convictions in Ontario went into effect January 1 as a new survey suggests “declining public concern” about mixing alcohol and driving. New regulations are now in place to “address reckless and dangerous driving behaviours,” said the Ministry of Transportation, which include a lifetime driver’s licence suspension upon conviction for impaired drivers causing death. New rules also include “mandatory remedial education for
  
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• Case closed: Crown attorney Lee Burgess retires after 32 years

  02-01-2026 00:59 via intelligencer.ca
  Lee Burgess has left the courthouse – but he’ll be back. Burgess, 65, on Dec. 31 retired as Crown attorney of Hastings and Prince Edward Counties. Respected for his straightforward, level-headed approach and being a team player, Burgess worked to secure convictions in some of the region’s most difficult and disturbing cases. “It’s been a fantastic job,” Burgess said in an exclusive Dec. 30 interview with The Intelligencer. Burgess served for more than 35 years
  
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• Mayor Neil Ellis shares optimistic outlook for Belleville’s prospects in 2026

  01-01-2026 20:30 via intelligencer.ca
  Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis and city councillors rang in the new year Thursday with optimism for 2026 as an ambitious time ahead to build for the future. In his New Year’s Levee address at Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre before a large crowd, Ellis said in a 10-minute address, the city is in good stead as it completes much of its needed infrastructure to welcome upgraded services, major housing projects and new doctors sinking roots in the community. Senior politicial leaders attending i
  
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• Cultivating Creativity: Matt Smith has got his fingers on a lot of frets

  31-12-2025 16:49 via intelligencer.ca
  GREG TEAL QUINTE ARTS COUNCIL Matt Smith has been called one of the hardest-working musicians around — and he’s certainly got his fingers on a lot of frets. A world-class mandolinist and slide guitarist, his passion for music is something he’s always been thankful for. Smith has been playing since the age of nine and performing professionally for thirty-six years. “I’m grateful to live in such a vibrant artistic centre,” says Smith. “I have always loved
  
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• United Way making progress, needs $775K to reach goal

  31-12-2025 16:13 via intelligencer.ca
  United Way Hastings and Prince Edward campaigners are calling for further donations as they enter the last six weeks of their annual funding drive. They report good progress to date, though they need about $775,000 to reach their most ambitious target ever of $2.4 million. That’s $150,000 more than was raised last year. “The finish line is always the hardest part of the journey,” Brandi Hodge, the charity’s executive director, said Wednesday in a news release. “Whil
  
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• Lower Trent Conservation warns of dangerous conditions on and near water

  31-12-2025 00:18 via intelligencer.ca
  Lower Trent Conservation has issued a water-safety statement for its watershed. The region spans from Grafton to Quinte West and from Lake Ontario north to Rice Lake and east to Centre Hastings. High water levels, unsafe shorelines, and more could mean dangerous conditions for waterfront landowners and others, the conservation authority warned on Dec. 28. The warning is in place until Jan. 2 at noon. “Although flooding is not expected, localized inundation of low-lying and poorly drained a
  
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• Store owners pledge $100K to Belleville General Hospital Foundation

  31-12-2025 00:15 via intelligencer.ca
  Belleville business owners Sheila and Dennis McCullough have pledged $100,000 to the Belleville General Hospital Foundation. The commitment by the owners of the city’s Canadian Tire franchise was first unveiled in November at the foundation’s Game On Gala. The foundation on Tuesday issued a media release to promote it. The funds will help the foundation to buy a tomosynthesis mammography machine – a leading-edge technology that will significantly enhance early breast cancer det
  
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• Judy Falkenhain (–2025) of Belleville, IL | Obituary - RiverBender.com

  30-12-2025 23:48
  Judy Falkenhain (–2025) of Belleville, IL | Obituary  RiverBender.com
  
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• Belleville Bearcats hosting annual New Year Classic Hockey Tournament - Quinte News

  30-12-2025 21:33
  Belleville Bearcats hosting annual New Year Classic Hockey Tournament  Quinte News
  
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• Owners of Canadian Tire Belleville make $100,000 pledge to BGHF - Quinte News

  30-12-2025 19:00
  Owners of Canadian Tire Belleville make $100,000 pledge to BGHF  Quinte News
  
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• No injuries after $500K blaze at Belleville home - Brighton Today.ca

  30-12-2025 18:49
  No injuries after $500K blaze at Belleville home  Brighton Today.ca
  
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• Quinte Health: Emergency departments are for emergencies - Belleville Intelligencer

  30-12-2025 17:02
  Quinte Health: Emergency departments are for emergencies  Belleville Intelligencer
  
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• Quinte Health: Emergency departments are for emergencies

  30-12-2025 17:00 via intelligencer.ca
  Seasonal outbreaks of respiratory illnesses are causing high demand and long waits in Quinte Health emergency departments. Hospital officials are again urging people with non-urgent conditions to seek care elsewhere and not go to hospitals unless it’s a medical emergency. The request applies to the hospitals in Belleville, Trenton, Picton, and Bancroft. “If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please come to the emergency department – we are here for you and you will be as
  
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• Home destroyed in west Belleville fire - Quinte News

  30-12-2025 16:45
  Home destroyed in west Belleville fire  Quinte News
  
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• Last day to support Christmas Sharing in Belleville - inquinte.ca

  30-12-2025 16:22
  Last day to support Christmas Sharing in Belleville  inquinte.ca
  
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• Belleville to welcome 2026 with New Year’s Levee January 1 - Quinte News

  30-12-2025 16:18
  Belleville to welcome 2026 with New Year’s Levee January 1  Quinte News
  
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• Belleville’s Own: A kinship of local musicians - Belleville Intelligencer

  30-12-2025 16:04
  Belleville’s Own: A kinship of local musicians  Belleville Intelligencer
  
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• Belleville’s Own: A kinship of local musicians

  30-12-2025 16:02 via intelligencer.ca
  Gary Peck is part of a vast network of Belleville born and raised musicians who practically grew up together in this mecca of talent. Self taught in playing guitar since 14, he also shares with his brethren a common love of the Beatles and the British Invasion era. In 2006, he co-founded the Big Black Smoke, named after the Kink’s song which refers to the coal burning environment of old London. Big Black Smoke quickly evolved from a Kinks tribute group into a ’60s and ’70s clas
  
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• Fire causes $500,000 in damage to Belleville home - The Quinteist

  30-12-2025 15:55
  Fire causes $500,000 in damage to Belleville home  The Quinteist
  
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• MUSIC JUNKIE: Highlights of 2025 — A Listening List - Belleville Intelligencer

  30-12-2025 15:54
  MUSIC JUNKIE: Highlights of 2025 — A Listening List  Belleville Intelligencer
  
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• New Year, new programs, new exhibitions - Belleville Intelligencer

  30-12-2025 15:33
  New Year, new programs, new exhibitions  Belleville Intelligencer
  
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• Funny Side Up: AI is never wrong, I am? - Belleville Intelligencer

  30-12-2025 15:33
  Funny Side Up: AI is never wrong, I am?  Belleville Intelligencer
  
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• House fire in Belleville overnight - 91x.fm

  30-12-2025 14:20
  House fire in Belleville overnight  91x.fm
  
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• Where can you dispose of a live Christmas tree in St. Clair County? Try these spots - Belleville News-Democrat

  30-12-2025 12:00
  Where can you dispose of a live Christmas tree in St. Clair County? Try these spots  Belleville News-Democrat
  
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• Fire destroys Belleville home - inquinte.ca

  30-12-2025 11:10
  Fire destroys Belleville home  inquinte.ca
  
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• Belleville firefighters brave -17C wind chill conditions battling West Hill house fire - Belleville Intelligencer

  30-12-2025 10:56
  Belleville firefighters brave -17C wind chill conditions battling West Hill house fire  Belleville Intelligencer
  
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• Belleville firefighters brave -17C wind chill conditions battling West Hill house fire

  30-12-2025 08:21 via intelligencer.ca
  Belleville firefighters report there were no injuries sustained from an aggressive residential fire fanned by high winds late Monday in a storey-and-a-half home in the city’s West Hill. A stubborn blaze inside the vacant home at 59 Purdy St. was well under way when firefighters arrived around 11 p.m. in -17 Celsius wind chill conditions. Flames escaped through the roof prompting firefighters to back a hook-and-ladder truck into the driveway to get a ladder high enough over the home to atta
  
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• Belleville Sens offer $15 North End tickets for New Year’s Eve matinee - inquinte.ca

  29-12-2025 21:12
  Belleville Sens offer $15 North End tickets for New Year’s Eve matinee  inquinte.ca
  
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