Bancroft this Week

High school highlights opportunities to volunteer

By Branden Marois On May 6 a volunteer fair took place at North Hastings High School, (NHHS) in Bancroft. This event happens once every two ...

Bancroft praised as a place of opportunity

By Tony Pearson CanIndia is a print and on-line news journal covering subjects of interest to the South Asian community in Ontario; it describes itself ...

Railroad telegrapher uses old Morse code key to keep in touch

By Jim Eadie The rythmetic, musical “clickity-clack” sound of a train as its heavy cars passed over the joints in the railroad track rails has ...

The politics of Mum

By Nate Smelle WITH MOTHER’S DAY approaching I began thinking of all of the important life lessons Mum had taught me over the years. Too ...

Astrid Young and friends move the crowd with music

By Nate Smelle The Arlington was alive with sound Saturday night as Astrid Young and friends brought their blues-infused rock n’ roll to Maynooth. This ...

Ontario Woodlot Association holds meeting in Bancroft

By Nate Smelle Members of the Bancroft chapter of the Ontario Woodlot Association (OWA) gathered at the Faraday Community Centre over the weekend for their ...

Aware, safe and healthy

By Nate Smelle ALL OF US HAVE HEARD horror stories from our fellow workers around the lunch table about the dangers they have encountered in ...

United Way hosts annual sale in Bancroft

By Sara Gottardi On the bright and nippy morning of Saturday, April 25 United Way was open to the public and revelled in helping in ...

Bancroft balances budget

By Tony Pearson Bancroft Town Council will adopt a balanced budget for 2015, which includes new expenditure for fire department equipment and a new furnace ...