October 2024 Archive

U-15 Bancroft Jets Girls host friendly tournament

By Melissa Armstrong Bancroft Jets Girls U-15 hockey team hosted the Ennismore Eagles, Otonabee Wolverines and Ottawa Valley Thunder for a friendly mini tournament on ...

Vintage on Hastings to reopen after fire

By Chris Houston The team behind Bancroft’s Hospice Thrift Store are not deterred by their recent fire and are making plans to reopen as soon ...

Instruments of peace

By Nate Smelle LIVING IN NORTH Hastings for almost 18 years now I have come to appreciate the value of tourism on many levels. Whether ...

St. Paul and St. James United Church in Madawaska celebrate 125 years

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter St. Paul and St. James United Church in Madawaska is celebrating 125 years this year, having opened its ...

Think Turtle warns not to feed foxes

By Chris Houston In a social media post on Sept. 30, Kelly Wallace of Think Turtle Conservation Initiative pleaded to Hastings Highlands residents not to ...

Second week of Bancroft Studio Tour has muted artists’ reaction

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Bancroft and Area Studio Tour returned for its second weekend on Sept. 28 and 29 from 10 ...

World Tourism Day celebrates tourism as an instrument of peace

By Nate Smelle For the past 44 years, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated World Tourism Day on Sept. 27. As a way ...