Bancroft this Week

Grand reopening ceremony held at Eagles Nest

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The intermittent chance of rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of everyone who attended the grand reopening ceremony of ...

Gatley gives Airy Pedestrian Bridge cost benefit analysis

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter At their council meeting on Sept. 1, South Algonquin Township council heard a cost benefit analysis of the ...

Association raises funds for kids at 15th Have-a-Dock Jamboree

By Nate Smelle Members of the Steenburg Lake Community Association and their musical friends gathered on the water Sept. 4 for the 15th annual Have-a-Dock ...

Local artists share their love of art

By Kristena Schutt-Moore The 29th Bancroft and Area Studio returned this year with 11 artists at nine studio locations sharing their love of art that ...

Susan Sydney exhibition on display at APFTA in October

By Chris Drost Above and Below the Reef, an exhibition of work by Susan Sydney will be on display at The Annex Gallery at A ...

Naming the numbers

By Nate Smelle On Thursday, Sept. 30 it will have been 124 days since the carefully hidden bodies of 215 Indigenous children were found buried ...

Undercover of the big tent

By Nate Smelle It’s not even 6 a.m. yet on Tuesday, Sept. 21, and with the exception of the last two hours I spent in ...

South Algonquin vaccination policy passed

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter At their Sept.1 meeting, South Algonquin Township council voted to pass a vaccination policy, under new bylaw no. ...

NPFAQ and Freymond Lumber reach settlement over proposed quarry

By Mike Riley In a surprise announcement on Sept. 20 at the NPFAQ/Freymond Lumber Ontario Land Tribunal hearing, it was revealed that the two parties ...

Bancroft offers legal indemnification to employees and councillors

By Kristena Schutt-Moore During the Tuesday, Sept. 14 Bancroft council meeting the staff brought forward the motion for a bylaw be passed to bylaw legal ...