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Local real estate agents trekking Sahara Desert for charity

November 6, 2019 at 9:55 am

By Ryan Peddigrew BELLEVILLE – Two local real estate agents are gearing up to trek 100km across the Sahara Desert to raise money for women and children escaping domestic violence.[…]

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Downtown Belleville rebrands, reveals new website

October 31, 2019 at 9:33 am

By Allen Steinberg BELLEVILLE – The Belleville Downtown Improvement Area announced their new brand and website Tuesday evening at Capers. Belleville board members and downtown business owners alike were in[…]

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Colours of Fall art show premiering in Belleville

October 15, 2019 at 10:52 am

By Connor Robinson and Evan Doherty BELLEVILLE – The Belleville Art Association is opening its new show, called Colours of Fall, on Wednesday. The show takes place at the association’s[…]

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Pieces Boardgame Café wants people to go from screens to being social

May 31, 2019 at 12:38 pm

By Evan Doherty BELLEVILLE – In an effort to buck modern trends, Pieces Boardgame Café, which opened in Reid’s Dairy plaza Tuesday is hoping to get people to look up[…]

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Local baseball league has passed the test of time

May 23, 2019 at 11:09 am

By Alex Mahar BELLEVILLE– It’s that time of year again! Baseball players in the Quinte region are grabbing their gloves, lacing up their cleats, gripping their bats and heading[…]

Humans benefit from interspecies communication, like alpacas, says local farmer

May 17, 2019 at 11:18 am

By Olivia Waldriff BELLEVILLE – It may sound like something out of a movie but a local alpaca farmer says there is real therapeutic value in talking to animals. Amy[…]

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General Motors announcement may have little impact locally, say experts

May 10, 2019 at 1:02 pm

By Connor Robinson BELLEVILLE – A major announcement by General Motors to save 300 jobs at its Oshawa plant earlier this week will have little impact locally, say two[…]

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Pre-Mother’s Day tea event celebrates Queen Victoria

May 9, 2019 at 1:15 pm

By Olivia Waldriff BELLEVILLE – A special tea event in Picton is being billed as a perfect early Mother’s Day celebration. To honour the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria‘s birth, Macaulay Heritage[…]

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Wampum belt to represent Indigenous people and Loyalist College bond

April 11, 2019 at 9:59 am

By Tamara Pilon BELLEVILLE – The Loyalist College community is helping to make a special wampum belt to represent the bond between Indigenous people and other cultures at the college.[…]

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Belleville art gallery prepares to host local artists

April 2, 2019 at 10:32 am

By Alan-Michael Steele BELLEVILLE – The deadline for artists to register for Expressions 2019, an exhibition of artists from the Quinte region, is approaching fast. The exhibition is being held[…]