A time to listen, learn, and change

July 8, 2021

By Nate Smelle Since first putting on my reporter’s hat with Bancroft This Week nearly a decade ago, I have had the privilege of engaging ...

Contemplating the essential

By Nate Smelle Whether found in a notebook, on a beer coaster, in the margins of a newspaper, on a wall, or a piece of ...

Small Talk

By Nate Smelle There is no better source of inspiration for small talk than the weather. When there is little needing to be said, but ...

The source of what’s special

By Nate Smelle Whether you live in a small rural town such as Bancroft, or a large urban centre such as Toronto, there are kind, ...

More than a few ‘bad apples’

By Nate Smelle It never fails, every time I write about racism there is always some form of pushback from a handful of individuals who ...

Names, faces and numbers

By Nate Smelle In keeping an eye on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have all come to appreciate numbers in a different way ...

Sleeping with a mosquito

By Nate Smelle On the edge of summer in North Hastings, we usually expect a series of returns to arrive with the season and change ...

A global recovery

By Nate Smelle Once again it appears that we are approaching the other side of the pandemic. With the seasonal arrival of sunshine and warmth, ...

Let it shine

By Nate Smelle Since the COVID-19 pandemic became part of our daily routine last year our world has been going through a massive transformation on ...

What would Jesus do?

By Nate Smelle Every living thing has a story to tell. Whether speaking in words, sounds, actions, or inactions, the expressions resonating from our existence ...

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