Cemetery bee at New Carlow cemetery May 7

May 3, 2022

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter According to a posting on the Bancroft and Area history Facebook page on April 29, there is going ...

A conversation with writers

By Kristena Schutt-Moore For all of April, Hay Lake Lodge hosted two writers-in-residence with a special event held on Tuesday, April 26 to invite the ...

Over the Hills of Home: remembering poet Lilian Leveridge

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter For National Poetry month in April, Bancroft this Week wanted to take a closer look at a local ...

Earth Day, investing in the planet

By Kristena Schutt-Moore Earth Day was Friday, April 22 and this year leading up to it the entire week of April 18 to April 22 ...

Drumming circle returns to Faraday

By Kristena Schutt-Moore The sound of music with drumming, flute and rattle instruments filled the Faraday Community Centre on Thursday, April 14 for the first time ...

Two author talks coming to South Algonquin

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter According to the South Algonquin library board minutes from March, submitted at the South Algonquin Township council meeting ...

Local churches fundraise with hope for Ukraine

By Kristena Schutt-Moore A fundraiser has been started to support the people of Ukraine. Bob and Doris Hollingsworth started a fund called the Humanitarian Fund ...

Bancroft Crusaders announce Relay for Life ‘Relay Your Way’

By Kristena Schutt-Moore The Bancroft Crusaders team has announced that the Bancroft Relay For Life will be returning this year. However it will be more ...

Kings Mill Cider gets creative on mitigating COVID impacts, keeping staff employed

If there are any traits that all successful business owners tend to possess, it’s creativity and flexibility, two characteristics made even more valuable since the ...