Bancroft this Week

Alex Walder new councillor for Monteagle Ward

Let me begin by again expressing my sincere condolences to Mr. Leveque’s wife, Anne, his children, extended family and his friends on his recent passing.

Bancroft council continues to search for water

Last week, another possible answer to Bancroft’s water and wastewater puzzle turned into a dead end. D. M. Wills Associates of Peterborough delivered their analysis to council, and noted that the average treated water flows over the past three years — the water leaving the treatment plant — was well within the provincial average for town water use.

Climate change the least of our concerns

With all due respect, I have to take issue with K.Richardson’s recent letter(s) to the editor (Bancroft This Week, 11/18/16) and others spreading panic over climate change. I’m not going to debate here and now the validity of man-created climate change, and the benefits (or not) of carbon taxes, or any other government administered system of increased financial burden on the public for little to no actual results. I’m here to ask, K (and others) what do you expect the fine people of Bancroft to do about climate change?

Policing: drama versus substance

This fall, an incident involving the OPP occurred just south of Bancroft. A man abruptly stopped his car on Hwy. 62 with the motor running, and sprinted off toward some brush near a number of houses. After the police arrived, they found the man 150 metres in the middle of a swampy area. As the officers approached, he initially wouldn’t respond, then claimed to have a gun in the pocket of his hoodie.

A trick for competing with Santa

I remember doing it as a kid, “Look, Santa got me this, what’d he get you?” I probably deserved the sting of learning that Santa got others better things after being so boastful, but comparisons do happen on the playground. Why does Santa bring more expensive gifts for some children, and less expensive gifts for others? Is it because they wanted something more, or that they were better than those who received less? Were they just not good enough this year? I really doubt Santa would be that unfair.