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intelligencer.ca | Luke Hendry
Domestic enrollment holding; international enrollment declinesLoyalist College survey engineering students Nishan Karki, left, and Dhiraj Kumar Chaube work in a computer lab at the Belleville campus March 6. The college has ended its latest fiscal year with a $2-million surplus, but forecasts a $14-million deficit for the year ahead.
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intelligencer.ca | Luke Hendry
Several other programs also starting in fall; waiting lists for others; security program cancelledLoyalist College students depart the Parrott Centre library in March. Photo by Luke HendryArticle contentLoyalist College is introducing two new certificate programs this fall: one in Indigenous studies, the other for people who want to become death doulas. Advertisement 2This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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intelligencer.ca | Luke Hendry
Second early-bird prize awarded; grand prize is CorvettePublished May 30, 2025 • Last updated 10 minutes ago • 1 minute readA Corvette Stingray is the grand prize in the Belleville General Hospital Foundation's 2025 Car4Cancer lottery. Photo by Supplied /BGH FoundationArticle contentWith a month remaining he Belleville General Hospital Foundation’s Car4Cancer is in high gear, raising a record $227,000 in the last month.
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intelligencer.ca | Luke Hendry
Belleville-based food bank already serves more than three countiesPublished May 28, 2025 • Last updated 4 minutes ago • 3 minute readGleaners Food Bank's warehouse manager, Keith Poulin, stands before pallets of donated food in its Tri-County Food Warehouse in Belleville. Much of the food comes from Feed Ontario and the Mississauga Food Bank, he said, but there are gaps in what's available.
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intelligencer.ca | Luke Hendry
Published May 28, 2025 • Last updated 25 minutes ago • 5 minute readHastings County warden Bob Mullin, shown during the May 28 council meeting, says it's time Ontario recognized municipalities do not have the resources to address homelessness. He noted the county's provincial allocation for the issue has remained unchanged for three years.
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2 weeks ago | 
intelligencer.ca | Luke Hendry
"Small but mighty" team receives permanent operating funding to provide free, confidential servicesDignitaries gather Friday at Belleville General Hospital after MPP Tyler Allsopp, fourth from right, announced new base funding for Quinte Health's Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Response Program. Photo by Intelligencer staffArticle contentThe Ontario government has committed to ongoing funding to enhance Quinte Health’s care for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
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2 weeks ago | 
intelligencer.ca | Luke Hendry
Misperceptions and hurtful comments hard to ignorePublished May 23, 2025 • Last updated 11 minutes ago • 3 minute readGuest Jeffery Scott Baldwin hugs the John Howard Society's lead adult service worker, Jasmine Gareau, Friday at The Bridge Integrated Care Hub in Belleville. The facility's director, Ashley Vader, say those who approach homelessness-related issues in a compassionate way are more likely to succeed.
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intelligencer.ca | Luke Hendry
Director asks public to be involved in community discussion without harmful criticism of vulnerable peoplePublished May 23, 2025 • Last updated 9 minutes ago • 7 minute readBrian Orford repairs a necklace while Jackie Bloor watches and another guest rests on the floor Friday at The Bridge Integrated Care Hub. "We're just trying to survive," Orford said of the unhoused population. Photo by Luke HendryArticle contentAs Ashley Vader sees it, the best approach begins with kindness.
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2 weeks ago | 
intelligencer.ca | Luke Hendry
Hastings County proposes a food redistribution centre to gather and distribute food to agencies more efficiently. Staff of two agencies say they're interested in being involved. Published May 21, 2025 • Last updated 19 minutes ago • 3 minute readThe Community Development Council of Quinte's Lea Vares Greenwood, above outside office in Belleville, says Hastings County's proposal for a regional food redistribution centre is worthwhile.
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3 weeks ago | 
intelligencer.ca | Luke Hendry
County must refocus its allocations to make best use of provincial funding, staff sayPublished May 15, 2025 • Last updated 46 minutes ago • 6 minute readHastings County's community and human services director, Jamie Lynne Osmond, gives a presentation to committee members during the May 14 meeting. Listening at right was Tweed Mayor Don DeGenova.
