Derek Baldwin

Belleville

News Editor at The Intelligencer (Belleville, ON)

News editor, The Intelligencer/Postmedia

Articles

Doctor shortage number-one issue in city, Mayor Ellis tells breakfast crowd

1 week ago | intelligencer.ca | Derek Baldwin

“We spent over $9 million on doctor recruitment which the province hasn’t come to the plate.”Speaking Wednesday at the Belleville Chamber of Commerce annual Mayor’s Breakfast at the Ramada by Wyndham, Ellis informed a packed audience the city has spent millions of taxpayers’ money to successfully attract 14 new doctors this term of council, six short of the goal set for this session.
Law Society panel provisionally suspends Belleville-area lawyer

1 week ago | intelligencer.ca | Derek Baldwin

Published May 27, 2025 • Last updated 5 minutes ago • 1 minute readA Law Society Tribunal panel weighing misconduct allegations against Belleville-area family lawyer Gregory Edward Brant Castellanno has provisionally issued a temporary suspension requested by the Law Society of Ontario.
Belleville takes possession of three new hybrid transit buses

1 week ago | intelligencer.ca | Derek Baldwin

Belleville council approved the new buses in August of last year at a cost of $3.6 million. Three new hybrid city transit buses now being prepped for a June launch in Belleville will not only reduce the city’s carbon footprint but will also bring improved experience for riders, says Coun. Kathryn Brown, chair of the Transit Committee.
Habitat for Humanity 66-unit condo project moving ahead

1 week ago | intelligencer.ca | Derek Baldwin

Belleville council has given the green light for a five-storey, 66-unit affordable housing project to move ahead at the former Belleville Police station on Dundas Street East. CITY OF BELLEVILLE IMAGE/The IntelligencerArticle contentBelleville council has given the green light for a five-storey, 66-unit affordable housing project to move ahead at the former Belleville Police station site on Dundas Street East. Advertisement 2This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
New daytime security approved for temporary Hub at South Church Street

1 week ago | intelligencer.ca | Derek Baldwin

Businesses affected by loitering clients of the relocated temporary Bridge Hub at 125 South Church St. will be helped with the addition of new daytime security after a recorded vote by Belleville council Monday. DEREK BALDWIN FILE/The IntelligencerArticle contentBusiness owners impacted by loitering disruptive clients of the relocated temporary Bridge Hub at 125 South Church St. will be helped with the addition of new daytime security after a recorded vote by Belleville council Monday.
Kelly McCaw selected to fill empty seat on council horseshoe

1 week ago | intelligencer.ca | Derek Baldwin

The decision is pending given McCaw must be deemed eligible to fill the seat according to stipulations laid down by the Municipal Act. Former Belleville councillor Kelly McCaw has been selected by city council to assume the empty horseshoe seat declared vacant after the Bay of Quinte federal election win by new Liberal MP Chris Malette for the riding.
Hastings-Quinte Paramedics hold information picket ahead of talks

1 week ago | intelligencer.ca | Derek Baldwin

Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services members represented by CUPE Local 1842 held an information picket Monday in Belleville ahead of collective upcoming bargaining. DEREK BALDWIN FILE/The IntelligencerArticle contentUnionized Hastings-Quinte Paramedics held an information picket Monday in Belleville ahead of collective upcoming bargaining. Advertisement 2This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Quinte West OPP probe continues into 2024 discovery of deceased male

1 week ago | intelligencer.ca | Derek Baldwin

Police asking for public assistance for leads in the case. Following the discovery of a deceased male in Quinte West in the summer of 2024, OPP are now asking for the public’s help to aid in an investigation into the man’s demise. FILE PHOTO/The IntelligencerArticle contentFollowing the discovery of a deceased male in Quinte West in the summer of 2024, OPP are now asking for the public’s help to aid in an investigation into the man’s demise.
Quinte West seeks Ontario grant to build $15.8M elevated water tank

2 weeks ago | intelligencer.ca | Derek Baldwin

A new $15.8 million elevated water tank project on the planning table by Quinte West to be constructed in 2028 in Trenton ward will require companion financing for the municipality to complete. FILE PHOTO/The IntelligencerArticle contentA new $15.8 million elevated water tank project on the planning table by Quinte West to be constructed in 2028 in Trenton ward will require companion financing for the municipality to complete.
HMCS Trentonian ship’s bell recovered from English Channel seabed

2 weeks ago | intelligencer.ca | Derek Baldwin

Plans under way by Canadian government to bring priceless artifact back home. Published May 20, 2025 • Last updated 10 minutes ago • 5 minute readShip's company photo of the sailors on HMCS Trentonian photo taken in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in January 1944 in a snowstorm. ROGER LITWILLER COLLECTIONArticle contentA priceless piece of Trenton’s wartime history has been recovered from the seabed off the coast of the United Kingdom to honour those lost in the Second World War.