Bancroft this Week

This too shall pass

By Bill Kilpatrick It’s hard to be a student of modern European history and have hope these days. An amusing cartoon with a father and ...

Carney’s Liberals mount historic comeback; Kramp-Neuman re-elected in HLAT

By Nate Smelle As of late Tuesday morning, with 256 out of 258 polls reporting, Conservative incumbent Shelby Kramp-Neuman was officially re-elected in the riding ...

Bancroft chapter of the Beavers donate to NHCC

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Beavers with the 1st Bancroft Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, donated 75 pounds of non-perishable food items to ...

The future we face

By Bill Kilpatrick As I sit to write this editorial Canada is a mere seven days away from electing a new prime minister and the ...

Redefining value

By Nate Smelle It is Monday, April 21 and in a week from now Canadians will elect our next Prime Minister. As critical as this ...

Local students participate in Quinte Regional Science Fair

By Bill Kilpatrick On April 5 Grade 8 student Ares Worsley and Grade 10 student Thomas Love from North Hastings High School traveled to Centennial ...

Hastings Centennial Manor gets donation from Legion

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Stacy Talsma, president of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 181 in Bancroft, sent a media release to Bancroft ...

Sod breaking ceremony for fibre optic cables in South Algonquin

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter South Algonquin Township and Algonquin Fibre had a sod breaking ceremony in Whitney on April 16 for the ...

Bancroft council considers changes to Bag Tag Program

By Nate Smelle At the April 8 council meeting, Bancroft’s general manager, Andra Kauffeldt, presented a report recommending significant changes to the town’s waste management ...