Bancroft this Week

HH council reviews first draft of 2022 capital budget

By Nate Smelle Hastings Highlands council had a chance to review the first draft of the municipality’s 2022 capital budget at their meeting on Dec. ...

Food bank receives donation of $4,000 in snacks

By Kristena Schutt-Moore At the start of the holiday season the staff at Northern Rural Net held a brainstorming season to try and find the ...

2022 Wondaers of Wetlands Field Day seeks support from Limerick

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter At their meeting on Dec. 20, Limerick Township council received a letter in their agenda package from Ian ...

Celebrating 2022 and beyond

By Nate Smelle According to our understanding of human history, some 4,000 years ago, ancient Babylonians became the first people to celebrate the arrival of ...

Tudor and Cashel COVID-19 vaccination policy meets with some community criticism

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter At their Dec. 7 meeting, Tudor and Cashel Township council passed their COVID-19 vaccination policy, which was missing ...

Santa Claus visited Whitney on Dec. 19

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The weather outside was anything but frightful, but the sun and clear skies in Whitney on Dec. 19 ...

Auxiliary gets hospital its Christmas wish list

By Kristena Schutt-Moore Over the past year the North Hastings District Hospital Auxiliary volunteers worked to raise $40,000 to help the North Hastings Fund Development ...

Time-tested truth and understanding

By Nate Smelle With a pair of deadlines looming heavily each week, time fades away fast. Individual days are absorbed by weeks which inevitably end ...

COVID-19 outbreak at North Hastings Community Centre raises alarm in Bancroft

By Nate Smelle Last week, Canadians surpassed two tragic milestones, as the death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 10,000 in Ontario, and 30,000 nationwide. The current ...

A night of Christmas shopping

By Kristena Schutt-Moore The Bancroft Shop Local Christmas Event was held on Friday, Dec. 17. Local businesses stayed open until 7 p.m. to help busy ...