Letters to the Editor

• Lots of love for Bill
• Poilievre too cozy with dictators like Trump, Putin
• The cost of misinformation and the 1 Million March 4 Kids 
• Canadian Peace Museum an important development for Bancroft
• A reflection on the potential costs and benefits of Bill C-18
• In memory of Grace
• Ontario Party poised to bring Trump style politics to Ontario
• Ontario’s cry for assistance
• The upside of COVID-19’s merciless pruning
• History repeats itself

Headline News

South Algonquin supports DNSSAB resolution on homelessness

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter At their meeting on Nov. 6, South Algonquin Township council voted to support the resolution from the District ...

Ad Hoc committee discusses advisory committee

By Bill Kilpatrick The Bancroft North Hastings Community Centre Ad Hoc Committee met on Nov. 7 and passed a resolution recommending to council that the ...

Tudor and Cashel stop to remember 

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tudor and Cashel Township observed Remembrance Day on Nov. 11 at the cenotaph in Gilmour beside the municipal ...

Community comes to the fore for Friends for Dinner

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter  Calling the past two weeks of Friends for Dinner “truly amazing,” organizer Kevin Taylor cited many donations they ...

The rewards and challenges of fostering animals

By Bill Kilpatrick In part two of Bancroft This Week’s series on Home Again we sat down with some local foster parents to hear about ...

Tudor and Cashel Trunk or Treat so good it was scary

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tudor and Cashel Township had their annual Trunk or Treat in the parking lot of the township community ...

Bancroft OPP costs jump by 20 per cent

By Bill Kilpatrick Bancroft is among a growing number of municipalities that are seeing their OPP billing statements rise by double digit percentages. At the ...

Working together to help the unhoused

By Bill Kilpatrick On Oct. 24 over 30 members of the faith community in Bancroft, along with community leaders, social service workers, and concerned citizens ...

Home Again giving back to community

By Bill Kilpatrick Christine Walker, the president of the board for Home Again, the local volunteer agency that rescues and rehomes cats and dogs, sat ...

Art Helps builds more than natural structures

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Art Helps: Connecting with Natural Materials-Plants, built more than a natural structure on Oct. 19 on the ...