School board sets Sept. 3 as opening day for 2019 -2020 school year
By Tahreem Fatima BELLEVILLE – Sept. 3 will be the first day of school next fall after the Hasting and Prince Edward District School Board approved the 2019-2020 school year[…]
Students walk out against OSAP changes across Ontario Wednesday
By Liam Radford and Tahreem Fatima PETERBOROUGH – Students at Trent University joined their counterparts from across the province and walked out of their classes on Wednesday at noon[…]
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Anishinaabe professor, activist, writer to speak at Loyalist Monday
By Mariia Khanenko BELLEVILLE – Niigaan Sinclair, an Anishinaabe author, activist and professor, will speak Monday at Loyalist College about Canada’s truth and reconciliation process. The session takes place in the[…]
Students protesting in Toronto against OSAP policy changes
By David Bui BELLEVILLE – Ontario students are rallying at Queen’s Park in Toronto to demand the provincial government reverse its new policy for OSAP funding. The march is to[…]
Local school board approves additional funding for students with special educational needs
By Mariia Khanenko BELLEVILLE – Additional staff for kids with special educational needs won approval from Hastings-Prince Edward District School Board on Thursday night. In a report to trustees, it said the[…]
Bayside, North Hastings high schools to become Grades 7 to 12
By Mariia Khanenko BELLEVILLE – Two local high schools will officially become Grades 7 to 12 schools this September, the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board decided Thursday night. The schools[…]
Students protest against changes to OSAP
By Becky McMullen BELLEVILLE – Students say they’re angry about OSAP. Who’s listening? Across Ontario this coming Monday, students are planning to protest changes made to the Ontario Student Assistance[…]
Hastings-Prince Edward director of education announces retirement
By Sarah Law BELLEVILLE – The director of education for the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board has announced she is retiring at the end of August. Mandy Savery-Whiteway[…]
Rise in sexually transmitted infections in Hastings and Prince Edward
By Lori-Anne Little BELLEVILLE – More people in Hastings and Prince Edward counties were reported with chlamydia last year than with the flu, according to the local health unit. According[…]
Belleville French teacher wins national award
By Evan McClelland and Thomas Goyer BELLEVILLE – A teacher at St. Michael Catholic School in Belleville has received an A+ grade. Kurtis Hartnell was nominated as an A+ Teacher in the Post Foods[…]
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