Policing: drama versus substance

December 1, 2016

This fall, an incident involving the OPP occurred just south of Bancroft. A man abruptly stopped his car on Hwy. 62 with the motor running, and sprinted off toward some brush near a number of houses. After the police arrived, they found the man 150 metres in the middle of a swampy area. As the officers approached, he initially wouldn’t respond, then claimed to have a gun in the pocket of his hoodie.

En plein air

By Nate Smelle A couple of years ago I had the chance to get up above the Town of Bancroft and the surrounding area with ...

A trick for competing with Santa

I remember doing it as a kid, “Look, Santa got me this, what’d he get you?” I probably deserved the sting of learning that Santa got others better things after being so boastful, but comparisons do happen on the playground. Why does Santa bring more expensive gifts for some children, and less expensive gifts for others? Is it because they wanted something more, or that they were better than those who received less? Were they just not good enough this year? I really doubt Santa would be that unfair.

Can a second language be taught too soon?

“Concombre!” Adelaide stated as she raised the half-eaten cucumber slice toward me. Adelaide maintained a tight-fisted grip on her edible prize as she expressed enthusiasm for her snack using this single French word. Adelaide is a curious two-year-old in a newly opened bilingual nursery school run by Lennox and Addington Resources for Children at The Prince Charles School in Napanee. Bilingual educator Kelsey McNeil explains that this half-day program is a fun way for preschoolers to learn French words that relate to their everyday world.

Biggest complaint I hear as a trainer

I have been working as a dog trainer for over 10 years now. I have worked with everything from labs and St. Bernards to Chihuahuas. I have experienced my fair share of dog bites, fights, tears and frustrated owners. Before we dive into common problems we dog owners experience, I want to examine three common things every pet owner should know about.

Even small communities have a voice

At 5 p.m. last Monday, Nov. 21, almost 30 took to Riverside Park to stand in solidarity against the Kinder Morgan (KM) pipeline. It the dark, cold and blowing wind they were united in their fight against climate change.

Making history

By Nate Smelle DROPPING BY SILENT LAKE Provincial Park on Saturday, Aug. 8 for the Eco-scavenger hunt was pleasantly surprised to discover a group of ...

Prehistoric windows

By Nate Smelle IT’S MONDAY MORNING AND most of the rockhounds occupying the mineral capital of Canada this past weekend for the 52nd annual Rockhound ...

Money down the drain

The facts of Bancroft’s impending financial crisis have been on the table for nearly two years. The town is hemorrhaging money due to its on-going sewer cost deficit. For going on four years, the town has lost between $400,000 and $500,000 a year treating its wastewater. The cumulative debt is around $2 million. If nothing changes, then the town could run out of money next year as a result.