'Overdose emergency' in Belleville sees paramedics called to 14 ODs within hours

'Overdose emergency' prompts warning to avoid downtown Belleville

Belleville police warned members of the public to "exercise caution and avoid unnecessary travel" after paramedics responded to 13 overdoses within one hour on Tuesday afternoon.

INQUINTE.CA | Belleville officials to meet Wednesday to discuss overdose emergency

Officials with several city and community agencies will meet on Wednesday to discuss the recent overdose emergency in Belleville's downtown core. In an hour's time, emergency responders were contacted about more than a dozen overdose incidents in the downtown area starting Tuesday around 3:30 pm. Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis says it greatly saddened him to hear that in only one hour a total of  13 overdoses were reported in our community. He also…