Bancroft this Week

Algonquin Water Walk coming Sept. 7

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A Water Walk is coming up Sept. 7 at 9 a.m., starting at the Lake of Two Rivers ...

In celebration of labour

By Nate Smelle By the time you are reading this, most of you will have already began contemplating the implications of the unofficial end of ...

Highway incidents prompt mayoral safety coalition

By Chris Houston Mayor Carolyn Amyotte voiced her frustration over the traffic backlog during a North Kawartha Township council meeting on Aug. 13. “An 18 ...

Whitney celebrates with End of Summer Festival

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The End of Summer Festival in Whitney on Aug. 24 did a great job of ushering in the ...

Kilpatrick family faces cancer diagnosis

By Chris Houston On July 9, Bancroft-based journalist and educator Bill Kilpatrick received a lung cancer diagnosis. Four weeks later, a second cancer was identified. ...

Territorial hissing

By Nate Smelle As nearly every federal election in Canada proves, what happens in the United States of America does not stay in the United ...

Kids, Cops and Canadian Tire Fishing Day held Aug. 17

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Kids from Bancroft and the surrounding areas got to go fishing with police officers from the Bancroft Ontario ...

Algonquins hold 30th Annual All Nations Gathering

By Chris Houston The Algonquin Peoples 30th Annual All Nations Gathering kicked off on Saturday, Aug. 10 at the Whitefish Pow-Wow site in Algonquin Park.At ...