News
Sleep out is marked success
Posted Feb 2, 2012
By Michael J Brethour
EMC News -Belleville -After a night in the cold, the Canadian Mental Health Association can sleep a little easier now that their major fund raiser is back on track. With a lower than expected gross from last year's event, organizers of the fifth...
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Tulips can help give breath
Posted Feb 2, 2012
By Michael J Brethour
EMC News -Belleville - The true meaning of the word tulips is "perfect love." The Ontario Lung Association is asking residents of friendly city to show that perfect love for not only the official Tulip Day of March 7, but the week of March 5 until...
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Police chief tips hat to Hogfest officials
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News -Stirling - Police say things were quiet around Stirling last week but driving was treacherous as officers responded to several accidents resulting from slippery road conditions. Police Chief Brian Foley says road conditions played a part...
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Public's assistance sought on two robberies
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News -Belleville -Crime Stoppers asking for the public's assistance on two robberies. The first occurred on January 16, at approximately 5:30 a.m. The victim was walking on Everett Street when he was approached from the rear by a male who eventually...
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Healthcare gets boost in Belleville
Posted Feb 2, 2012
By Michael J Brethour
EMC News -Belleville - One-stop health shopping. It's not the most elegant way to describe the Belleville Quinte West Community Health Centre on Bridge Street West, but perhaps it is the most accurate. With just over 15,200 square feet, housing...
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Alzheimer Society supporters walk to remember
Posted Feb 2, 2012
By Michael J Brethour
EMC News -Belleville - The Alzheimer Society of Prince Edward Hastings was hoping for a hat trick in fund raising and they got exactly that. "We are riding high on this success," commented local chapter executive director Laura Hare on the astounding...
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Mayor's Breakfast
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Kate EversonEMC News -Quinte West - Business is looking good. That was the message at the Mayor's Breakfast at city hall on Tuesday, January 24. Chuck O'Malley, chair of the Business Retention and Expansion subcommittee of the Economic Development and Revitalization...
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Preparation for an ice emergency
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Posted Feb 2, 2012
By Michael J Brethour
EMC News -Belleville - "This is a perfect day for a swim." That was the attitude for Belleville firefighters as they gazed across the ice formations at the foot of the Norris Whitney Bridge in Belleville, a frigid wind whipped across open water...
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Feel good soup for the soul benefits food banks
Posted Feb 2, 2012
By Michael J Brethour
EMC News -Belleville - The second edition of the fund-raising partnership between Loyalist College and Quinte Regional Food Sharing Shelters proved that the sequel sometimes can be better than the original. The event is a partnership between the...
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