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CBC’s federal funding under attack

January 17, 2017 at 8:16 am

By Scott Gardner BELLEVILLE – Prominent Conservatives are criticizing Canada’s public broadcaster. “The CBC doesn’t need to be reformed, it needs to be dismantled,” federal Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch said in[…]

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Daryl Kramp selected as Conservative candidate for Hastings-Lennox and Addington provincially

January 17, 2017 at 8:16 am

By Angus Argyle BELLEVILLE – Former Conservative MP Daryl Kramp has been selected to run for the Progressive Conservatives in the Hastings-Lennox and Addington provincial riding. Kramp was first elected[…]

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Ontario passes law giving all families equal treatment

January 17, 2017 at 8:16 am

By Emilie Quesnel BELLEVILLE – Ontario has just passed legislation ensuring the equal treatment of all parents and children. Bill 28, titled the All Families are Equal Act, is to[…]

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Belleville city council to swear in first female firefighters

January 17, 2017 at 8:15 am

By Sean Cann-Sheppard BELLEVILLE — Belleville City Council will meet to swear in the city’s first part-time female firefighters at 4 p.m Monday. Jennifer Allen and Jocelyn Brethour will be[…]

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Council votes no on election reform

January 17, 2017 at 8:15 am

By James Gaughan BELLEVILLE – Belleville city council voted to keep the first-past-the-post voting system in place for the next municipal election on Monday night. According to council changing[…]

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Ontario seeks further research on a minimum basic income

January 17, 2017 at 8:15 am

By Nikolai Karpinski BELLEVILLE – “Our system puts people into extreme, permanent poverty,” says Ruth Ingersoll, a local advocate for human rights. Ingersoll, the executive director of the Community Development Council of Quinte,[…]

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Belleville reacts to Donald Trump’s win

January 17, 2017 at 8:15 am

By Emilie Quesnel, Meaghan Bury, Brendan Burke and Kayla Haggett BELLEVILLE – Donald Trump has just been elected as the 45th president of the United States, and Belleville residents have a lot[…]

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Trump’s attitudes aren’t reflected here, members of minority communities say

January 17, 2017 at 8:15 am

By Dariya Baiguzhiyeva BELLEVILLE – The racist views that have been expressed by Donald Trump misrepresent minority communities, some members of those communities here in Belleville say. Trump is notorious for[…]

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Local Remembrance Day ceremonies

January 17, 2017 at 8:15 am

By Martin Allen BELLEVILLE – Here’s a list of Remembrance Day ceremonies happening in the greater Quinte area on Friday. Belleville Loyalist College will hold its Remembrance Day ceremony in[…]

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City council not prepared to release all details of Sens deal

January 17, 2017 at 8:14 am

By James Gaughan BELLEVILLE – Belleville city council has voted seven to two to not release all the details of the deal which brought the Belleville Senators to town. The motion was put[…]

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