Bancroft this Week

Guided drumming meditation counters COVID-19 stresses

Jan. 13, 2021 By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter North Hastings Children’s Services put on a guided family drumming meditation on Zoom on Jan. ...

Limerick Township council discusses McGeachie Trail maintenance

Jan. 13, 2021 By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Limerick Township public works supervisor Darren Naulls sought the advice of the township council on ...

A taste of sedition

Jan. 12, 2021 By Nate Smelle Sedition, insurrection, insurgency, siege, coup … are all words not to be used lightly. Yet, in the last week ...

Ontario declares state of emergency, as health-care system ‘on brink of collapse’

Jan. 12, 2021 By Nate Smelle In light of the latest projections from the province regarding the spread of COVID-19, on Tuesday afternoon the government ...

Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing coming to North Hastings

Jan. 12, 2021 By Chris Drost While most are aware of the improvements made to the trails in Eagles Nest Park this past year, some ...

Bancroft museum goes canoeing

Jan. 12, 2021 By Kristena Schutt-Moore For several years the Anishinaabe Baptiste Community Organization and members of the Kijicho Manito Madaouskarini Algonquin First Nation have ...

Health Canada issues counterfeit COVID-19 vaccine advisory

Jan. 6, 2021 By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Health Canada issued a pre-emptive advisory to Canadians on Dec. 16. This warning, identification number ...

COVID-19 case count and death toll rising fast

Jan. 5, 2021 By Nate Smelle Although the provincial government paused COVID-19 vaccinations over the holidays, the pandemic did not take a break from wreaking ...