Bancroft this Week

Bancroft Mayor discusses homelessness crisis amid pandemic

By Nate Smelle Last week The Bancroft Times spoke with Victoria Burke and Shannon O’Keefe about their experiences of working with the North Hastings Community ...

Tax news from Tudor and Cashel

Aug. 14, 2020 By Mike RileyLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter At the Aug. 4 Tudor and Cashel Township council meeting, council passed a motion to defer ...

Ontario Parks wants you … for 30 minutes a day

Aug. 13, 2020 By Mike RileyLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter For the month of August, Ontario Parks is trying to inspire Ontarians to become more active ...

The evolution of masks

Aug. 13, 2020 By Chris Drost By all indications, it looks like the practice of wearing masks in Canada is here to stay, at least ...

Preventative medicine

Aug. 13, 2020 By Nate Smelle When I think of what I love most about this part of Ontario, wetlands are way up there on ...

HH adopts guidelines and protocol to protect public and staff from COVID-19

Aug. 13, 2020 By Nate Smelle Hastings Highlands council recently passed a bylaw that puts in place a set of guidelines and protocol to help ...

Pandemic highlights need for political will in addressing homelessness crisis

By Nate Smelle On any given day the team at North Hastings Community Trust work with people who are in one state of crisis or ...

CRA extends payment deadline to Sept. 30

Aug. 6, 2020 By Michael RileyLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter The Canada Revenue Agency announced that they are deferring tax payments that were due Sept. 1 ...

Tudor and Cashel’s history illuminates residents’ souls

Aug. 5, 2020 By Michael RileyLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter English historian, politician and writer Lord Acton once said that “history is not a burden on ...