Todd Smith will run for MPP of Bay of Quinte

July 14, 2016

My family, my team and I looked at both ridings very carefully. My mind changed almost weekly for an entire year about what riding I would run in.

Pancakes at annual fly-in breakfast

When members of the Bancroft Flying Club invested in solar panels at the Bancroft Community Airport they had a five-year plan for paying off their debt. Thanks to a great location and lots of sun, investors were re-paid ahead of schedule and the steady revenue stream now provides an opportunity for a staff position at the growing community hub.

North Hastings Youth in Action

It has been a great pleasure for North Hastings Youth In Action (NHYIA) to be part of the Grade 8 Grad Dance at the Fish ...

What’s missing in the quarry debate

I am a tax payer in the Town of Bancroft and in Faraday Township. I am very plugged in to the happenings in Bancroft and the surrounding area and am a keen observer of the local media, politics and economy.

Holiday greetings

To the Editor, How do you know that it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas? Is it the snow? Is it the cold ...

The story of the corn husk doll

Dried pale yellow corn husks lay soaking and pliable in the bottom of Kate’s large green basin. Short pieces of string had also been cut and prepared for the children and adults attending Napanee’s Multicultural/Riverfront Festival. At this interactive Indigenous booth, festival-goers could create their own corn husk doll through this free cultural exchange.

Social justice without borders fundraising kick off

On Thursday, June 30, Social Justice Without Borders kicks off its fundraising efforts for sponsoring a Syrian refugee family and providing much needed funds to North Hastings Community Trust with the showing of This Changes Everything.

Daring to be the Church

To the Editor, Pierre Burton published a book 50 years ago entitled, The Comfortable Pew. It was a critique of Western Christianity’s seeming comfort in a society that, for all intents and purposes, was being blown apart by hate, prejudice, marginalization of the weak, war, and fear.

Plan doesn’t work

To the Editor, Anyone who will read my plight and respond with a positive outcome. My husband’s friends, and community members, have spent many hours ...