By Katie Coleman BELLEVILLE – Loyalist College president Maureen Piercy’s term has been extended for five years, the college’s board of governors said Thursday night. Piercy has been the president[…]
Police ask for help in hit-and-run case
By Katy Burley BELLEVILLE – A 55-year-old woman suffered minor injuries in a hit-and-run collision Thursday evening. The woman was hurt when a vehicle eastbound on Bridge Street struck another[…]
Photojournalism Pioneer, March 13, 2014
Sgt. Bill Ferguson never expected to hold his war diary again after leaving it hidden inside a barn on a German farm in 1945. Loyalist grad and Afghan native Farzana[…]
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The Lost Diary
By Kaitlin Abeele Sgt Bill Ferguson was a prisoner of war in Germany for four years during the Second World War. During his captivity, he kept a war diary, which[…]
Spotlight shines on Prom Project
By Morgan Davy BELLEVILLE – Own it, rock it, share it. That is the mantra for this year’s Prom Project. The project, put on by the Hastings and Prince Edward[…]
No more losing for Quinte’s biggest losers
By Matthew Blair BELLEVILLE – After just three years, Quinte’s own Biggest Loser competition is no more. The Biggest Loser weight-loss contest, which had been scheduled to begin this past[…]
Police urge public to watch their surroundings
By Amanda Lorbetski BELLEVILLE – A string of suspicious-persons incidents has Belleville Police urging the public to exercise caution while out and about in the city. Police are investigating three occasions[…]
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Snowstorm hits Belleville hard
By Lyndsie Baxter and Alisa Howlett BELLEVILLE – Belleville police officers are having a busy day. They’ve been responding to multiple motor-vehicle accidents and crashes Wednesday afternoon. Open rural areas[…]
Breakfast fundraiser Thursday
By Suzanne Coolen BELLEVILLE – You might want to hold off on breakfast before coming to school Thursday. Food For Learning, a student program through the Hastings and Prince Edward[…]