Bancroft this Week

CAO Dorey addresses homelessness and affordable housing crisis in Hastings County

By Bill Kilpatrick Connor Dorey, who is now going into his third month as the new Chief Executive Officer for Hastings County, spoke to Bancroft ...

Linda Hutsell Manning book reading takes audience back in time

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Linda Hutsell-Manning did a book reading on Sept. 5 at the Madawaska Hall in Madawaska for her book ...

The limits of suffering

By Bill Kilpatrick One of the main premises that any liberal-democratic society must be based on is the notion of individual liberty, meaning that, in ...

Forest Play Nature School holds open house in Maynooth

By Bill Kilpatrick On Saturday, Sept. 9 the Maynooth Forest Play Nature School held an open house where potential students and parents could explore, ask ...

Homeless encampment at Community Trust is proving to be challenging for all those involved

By Bill Kilpatrick On Sept. 10 just after 7 a.m., John Scaife and Dante Gentles, residents at the apartment building at 21 Valley View drive, ...

Cheque presentation for $1,575 goes toward the Back the Cat initiative

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Shawano Rate Payers Inc. on Dickey Lake raised money from an annual swim they do to support ...

A reminder that stopping for school buses is mandatory

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Constable Joel Devenish, community safety/media relations officer with the Bancroft detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police issued a ...

United Way HPE’s Backpacks for Success program organizers overwhelmed by support

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter United Way Hastings Prince Edward’s Backpacks for Success program has been a big success this year and organizers ...

End of life doula discusses death

By Bill Kilpatrick The British neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks once said, “It is the fate – the genetic and neural fate – of every ...

Community Trust holds gathering for third International Overdose Prevention Day

By Bill Kilpatrick Around 25 people gathered at the North Hastings Community Trust on Aug. 31 to raise awareness about the issue of drug overdoses ...

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