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Live event: Minimum-wage increase up for debate

March 5, 2014 at 7:57 pm

The Ontario government has decided to raise the minimum wage to $11 per hour as of June 1. But how will this affect businesses and their workers locally? Will raising[…]

Photojournalism · The Pioneer

Protest for missing aboriginal women

March 5, 2014 at 6:53 pm

Locals in Tyendinaga have blockaded Shannonville Road in two places between Highway 401 and Highway 2. The protest aims to bring attention to the lack of action by the federal[…]

Photojournalism · The Pioneer

Photojournalism Pioneer, March 4, 2014

March 5, 2014 at 9:41 am

When Rhonda Lummiss was a teenager, she found a kindred spirit in Holden Caulfield. She related to the enigmatic protagonist from The Catcher in the Rye, because like her, he[…]

Tamworth shooter was ‘a wild man,’ residents say

March 3, 2014 at 4:02 pm

By Alisa Howlett TAMWORTH – This village was buzzing with talk Thursday about the fatal shootings that occurred Wednesday evening; although residents said they were shaken, many said they knew[…]

Photojournalism · The Pioneer

Vincent, Take Two

March 3, 2014 at 3:52 pm

Video by Mandy Larade Brittany Ollenrenshaw is a local contributor to this year’s DocFest with her documentary, Unraveling Van Gogh. The opening exhibit was at the Parrott Gallery in downtown[…]

Photojournalism · The Pioneer

Photojournalism Pioneer, Feb. 27, 2014

March 3, 2014 at 2:21 pm

After a night of chaos on Wednesday in the small town of Tamworth, two men are dead and two injured after a shooting. It was a day full of pink[…]

Campus · Local

Just desserts for junior iron chefs

March 3, 2014 at 1:52 pm

By Matthew Blair BELLEVILLE – Loyalist College was home to many cooks on Saturday as high-school students from Peterborough, Picton and Kingston competed to be crowned Junior Iron Chef champions.[…]

Campus · Local

Iron chefs come to Loyalist

February 28, 2014 at 3:08 pm

By Matt Blair BELLEVILLE – High-school students will be cooking a storm this weekend at Loyalist College. The Junior Iron Chef Competition and Food and Beverage Show will begin at[…]

Local

Slick sidewalks are hurting business, some Belleville store-owners say

February 28, 2014 at 3:03 pm

By Shelden Rogers BELLEVILLE – With consistent snow and freezing rain this winter, city sidewalks have been hard to navigate, causing a problem for some businesses. City crews have had[…]