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Loyalist students walk to defeat depression

October 3, 2014 at 10:59 am

Depression is a condition that can affect anyone at some point in their lives. Loyalist College students took a stand to defeat depression last week. QNet’s Brittany Lane and Joseph[…]

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How close to home is the Enterovirus?

October 2, 2014 at 2:03 pm

By Mark Hodgins BELLEVILLE – A virus potentially dangerous to children is making its way around North America. Has it reached our backyard? Enterovirus D68 began spreading in the United[…]

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Cold and flu season strikes early

September 25, 2014 at 12:01 pm

By Jordan Merkley and Sean McIntosh BELLEVILLE – Loyalist College students are getting hit hard with the dreaded cold and flu season. The interaction of students leads to an increase[…]

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Quinte bike summit brings light to cycling possibilities

June 26, 2014 at 10:18 am

By Jordan Merkley and LaShaina Blair-White BELLEVILLE – It took less than 18 hours in Belleville for the former mayor of Madison, Wis., to come up with a long list of changes[…]

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New documentry airs at Empire Theatre this weekend

June 20, 2014 at 10:33 am

The harmful affects of sugar are nothing new to health advocates, but a new documentary playing at the Empire Theatre this weekend drives the point home. Fed Up is a[…]

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Access to healthy food is a concern for CDCQuinte Executive director

June 6, 2014 at 10:36 am

By Suzanne Coolen BELLEVILLE – Ensuring Belleville residents have access to healthy food is an issue that matters to Ruth Ingersoll. Ingersoll is the Executive Director of the Community Development Council[…]

Election Project 2014

Homelessness and poverty among local seniors is a growing concern for CMHA executive director

May 29, 2014 at 12:46 pm

By Suzanne Coolen BELLEVILLE – Sandie Sidsworth says she’s concerned about the increasing number of seniors dealing with poverty and homelessness in Belleville. Sidsworth is the executive director of the[…]

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Under pressure: young hockey players in the OHL

April 10, 2014 at 2:41 pm

BELLEVILLE- After 20-year-old forward Terry Trafford, of the OHL’s Saginaw Spirit, recently took his own life questions are being raised about the emotional state of these young hockey players and[…]

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“Turning medical marijuana into big business isn’t fair,” user says

April 2, 2014 at 3:03 pm

By Greg Murphy FRANKFORD – I am met at the door of a quaint country house by the incessant barking of an overly anxious Jack Russell. A middle-aged man shakes[…]

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Live: interactive chat about growing marijuana

March 24, 2014 at 2:51 pm

Currently, thousands of Canadians across the country are licensed under the Marijuana Medical Access Program to grow and to posses dried marijuana for medical purposes for their own use.As of[…]

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