Bancroft this Week

Fire safety in changing weather

Feb. 26, 2019 By Kristena Schutt-Moore During the past few months there have been several fires in the North Hastings area affecting businesses, vehicles and ...

Forests Ontario greening province

Feb. 26, 2019 By Nate Smelle Representatives from Forests Ontario held a special event at the Faraday Community Centre on Saturday, Feb. 16 to share ...

No room for misinterpretation in Limerick

Feb. 26, 2019 By Nate Smelle Until last week, there had been little to report on the controversial mining project being proposed in Limerick Township ...

Trails to become a destination in Hastings County

Feb. 19, 2019 By Kristena Schutt-Moore The new board, Hastings Destination Trails Inc. is looking for new members. They held their membership drive meeting at ...

Home share off to good start

Feb. 19, 2019 By Chris Drost The volunteers coordinating the new “home share” program in Bancroft with the assistance of North Hastings Community Trust, are ...

Commissioner questions government’s intentions

Feb. 19, 2019 By Nate Smelle Ontario’s environmental commissioner Dianne Saxe paid a visit to Hastings County on Thursday, Feb. 14 to share her 2018 ...

Environmental protection and the letter W

Feb. 19, 2019 By Nate Smelle If there is a more romantic way to spend one’s Valentine’s Day evening than listening to Ontario’s environmental commissioner ...

Community continues to gather to help family

Feb. 14, 2019 By Kristena Schutt-Moore The rough weather of Wednesday, Feb. 6 deterred no one from going to the Army Navy Air Force barn ...

Ice climbing festival returns

Feb. 14, 2019 By Nate Smelle Ice climbers from across Canada and the northern United States descended on North Hastings over the weekend to take ...

Breathing in the ocean

Feb. 14, 2019 By Nate Smelle While waiting out a freakishly intense snowstorm that grounded thousands of travellers overnight at the airport in Toronto on ...