Bancroft this Week

Painter brings wildlife indoors with lifelike portraits

Local artist Tracey Lee Green has returned to the Art Gallery of Bancroft (AGB). Green debuted her first solo gallery Portraits of Nature: A Journey from Anvil to Easel last Friday. It showcases abstract canvases of nature through animal portraits and metal art landscapes.

Believing in Bancroft

By Sarah Sobanski People like to identify with a place. Calling somewhere home gives you a lot of things, more than just somewhere you belong. ...

Books for our pride and joy

Pride. We see it showcased joyously in Pride parades in Canadian cities and throughout the world. We also see it targeted horrifically in places like ...

Funky spell for Bancroft audience

Booked to delight the Playhouse summer audience for one night only before disappearing, musician and magician Chris Funk is about to make Bancroft wonder, “how did he do that?”

Scotiabank VP gets an earful in Wilberforce

Scotiabank’s district vice-president for central east Ontario was mocked for his scripted non-answers during a meeting with residents ofz Wilberforce July 12.

An open letter to PM Justin Trudeau, MP Mike Bossio

I am ashamed for being a Canadian due to the fact that we as a nation are the greatest source of green house gases (GHG) ...

Summit engages local youth

Bancroft delegates Sam Riedl and councillor Bill Kilpatrick, and Hastings Highlands delegates Lexus Scott and mayor Vivian Bloom, with Hastings county warden Rick Phillips at ...

Star columnist charged with assault in Wollaston

Bancroft OPP have charged 60-year-old Rosie DiManno of Toronto with assault after an alleged "altercation" on Finnegan Lane in Wollaston.

The donor wall becomes the giving wall

Since its dedication in 2000, the donor wall at Quinte Health Care North Hastings has almost doubled in size. Located in the foyer of the North Hastings District Hospital, this donor wall recognizes donations of a minimum of $1,000 from individuals, businesses, municipalities and organizations which support the purchase of equipment and training needed to sustain and advance care at North Hastings District Hospital, in Bancroft.