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Wollaston council debates 12.89 tax hike
By Bill Kilpatrick On March 20 at 8 a.m. Wollaston council held a special meeting to discuss their 2025 budget. Absent was Deputy Mayor Paul Ordanis. The meeting needed to take place in three parts throughout the day and consisted ...
Homelessness increases by 77 per cent in Nipissing District since 2021
By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board released the findings from Nipissing Counts 2024, which tabulated the ...
Artists sign up for Roosman mural restoration through March
By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The restoration of Arne Roosman’s mural depicting the history of Bancroft and area since the arrival of the ...
WoodShare now independent from Community Trust
By Bill Kilpatrick The volunteers for the WoodShare program have decided to separate from the North Hastings Community Trust. The program has provided emergency firewood ...
Student Juried Exhibition a success
By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The student juried exhibition opening ceremony at the Art Gallery of Bancroft was a resounding success on March ...
Local residents awarded King Charles III Coronation Medal
By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Three Bancroft and area residents were awarded the King Charles III coronation medal on March 6 by MP ...
AGB 43!!! Fundraiser raises over $11,000 for gallery
By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Art Gallery of Bancroft had their “most important fundraiser of the year” on March 1 at the ...
Care North Hastings secures seniors’ centre grant
By Bill Kilpatrick The third application was the charm for Care North Hastings, who were finally successful in applying for the 2025-2026 provincial Seniors’ Active ...
Peace Museum’s president reflects on path to peace in Ukraine
By Nate SmelleOn Feb. 28 a meeting was held at the White House that brought together U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and ...
Festival of Outdoor Rinks celebrates winter in style
By Michael Riley The Festival of Outdoor Rinks returned to Whitney on Feb. 16, celebrating all things ice and winter with a myriad of activities ...
Boulter Road bridge to be closed
By Bill Kilpatrick At the Jan. 15 meeting of Hastings Highlands council, Denver Mayhew, the operations manager for Hastings Highlands, presented council with a proposal ...
Community News
APFTA NHHS student art show coming April 2
By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A Place for the Arts will be hosting the fourth annual North Hastings High School student art show ...
Metcalfe talks North Hastings Music Festival
By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With the North Hastings Music Festival coming back from May 5 to 9, Gillian Metcalfe, president of the ...
Foster Lake Winter Carnival postponed due to snowstorm
By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Carlow Mayo Township’s Winter Carnival at Foster Lake was supposed to be held on Feb. 16 at Foster ...
Huskies to compete in Bay of Quinte
By Bill Kilpatrick After an up-and-down year for the North Hastings High School junior and senior girl’s volleyball teams, both teams pulled off some important ...
Tudor and Cashel open new Seniors Active Living Centre
By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tudor and Cashel Township has opened up a new Seniors Active Living Centre. Councillor Elain Holloway contacted The ...
New event company bringing people together
By Bill Kilpatrick Watch out Mark Zuckerberg there some new women on the event scene, and according to one of their founders, Monica Sears, they ...
Progressive euchre tournament coming Feb. 1
By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A progressive euchre tournament is coming to Dungannon Recreation Centre in L’Amable on Feb. 1 beginning at 1 ...
Tudor and Cashel grants kids’ Bible club use of facilities for 2025
By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tudor and Cashel Township resident Anne Glenn spoke to Tudor and Cashel council at their meeting on Jan. ...
Winter Carnival coming to Carlow Mayo Feb. 16
By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The newly formed Foster Lake Rink Committee will be holding a Winter Carnival on Feb. 16 at Foster ...
Faraday Winter Fun Day back for third year
By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Back for its third year, the Faraday Winter Fun Day will be happening on Feb. 15 from 11 ...
Sports
Huskies to compete in Bay of Quinte
By Bill Kilpatrick After an up-and-down year for the North Hastings High School junior and senior girl’s volleyball teams, both teams pulled off some important ...
Huskies win silver and gold
By Bill Kilpatrick The North Hastings Highschool senior and junior boys’ volleyball teams are on fire this year as both teams moved on from the ...
U-15 Bancroft Jets Girls host friendly tournament
By Melissa Armstrong Bancroft Jets Girls U-15 hockey team hosted the Ennismore Eagles, Otonabee Wolverines and Ottawa Valley Thunder for a friendly mini tournament on ...
NHHS Huskies continue to break records
By Bill Kilpatrick Last year the North Hastings High School track and field team had what coach Barb Gillis described as an “outstanding year,” adding ...
Elvis Stojko performs at the BSC Carnival
By Kaitlin Sylvester The Bancroft Skating Club hosted its highly anticipated annual fundraiser on April 6 at the Bancroft arena. The event that brought together ...
Whitney Minor Baseball returns in May
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Minor baseball is coming back to Whitney in May, after many years’ absence. The Whitney Recreation Committee announced ...
First youth sports fair held at York River Public School
By Bill Kilpatrick On Wednesday March 20 from 6-8 p.m. York River Public School held the first North Hastings Youth Sport Registration Fair. The event ...
Winning season continues for Bancroft U-15 Girls Jets
By Nate Smelle The Bancroft U-15 Girls Jets are having a truly remarkable 2023/2024 season.This amazing group of up and coming hockey stars has been ...
Hastings Snowshoe Hustle cancelled due to weather
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With Mother Nature refusing to cooperate, the Hastings Snowshoe Hustle, scheduled for March 10 at Camp Cedar Ridge ...
Huskies’ wrestlers headed to Ontario championship
By Bill Kilpatrick Three wrestlers from North Hastings High School are headed to Stoney Creek, near Hamilton, for the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations ...
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Our interests
By Bill Kilpatrick Now that we are into a federal election it’s more important than ever to be thinking about our interests and how they ...
The ultra-greedy and the rest of us
By Nate Smelle THERE IS ALWAYS something in the news to worry about these days. I suppose this has been the case for as long ...
A peace that is no peace
By Bill Kilpatrick On Oct. 19, 1945, four short years before the Russians blew up their first atomic bomb, George Orwell, wrote a short story ...
Reform or revolution?
By Bill Kilpatrick In honour of International Women’s Day that was celebrated on March 8, I want to take a look at the life of ...
The public be damned
By Bill Kilpatrick Social Darwinism is the idea that takes the teachings of evolution by Charles Darwin, mainly “the survival of the fittest,” and applies ...
Americans are not our enemy…
By Bill Kilpatrick …BUT MAGA AND anyone who supports them is. I wrote something similar on my Facebook page the other day after I heard ...
At what point?
By Bill Kilpatrick During the conversation that I had with incumbent MPP Ric Bresee he made a comment about what he expects of his constituents. ...
Buy, buy Canadian pie
By Nate Smelle IT’S JUST BEFORE 5 a.m. on Feb. 13 and I am doing what all the cool kids are doing—enjoying my first coffee ...
The all-natural quantum infused editorial
By Bill Kilpatrick I have received a couple responses from my critical analysis of aspects of the wellness industry. One of my favorite responses so ...
The unwellness industry: Part three
By Bill Kilpatrick In an age of mis and disinformation it’s more important than ever that have tools that can help distinguish between what is ...
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