Cold weather increases the risk of fires

January 25, 2022

by KRISTENA SCHUTT-MOORE Staff With the chain of snow storms and temperatures droppingpast minus 30 degrees celsius Bancroft This Week reachedout to the Bancroft fire ...

Ontario phased reopening starting Jan. 31

BY MICHAEL RILEYLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter On Jan. 24, there were 4,790 new cases added to the total number of Ontarians with COVID-19, which stands at 1,001,455 ...

Vaccinations keep students returning to school this week safer

MICHAEL RILEYStaff I FIRST CAME UP here to Bancroft to start writing for Bancroft This Week barely a month after the pandemic officially had begun. Now, two years ...

Boyer Family Charitable Fund makes $2,000 donation to hospital

by CHRIS DROSTStaff Brandon Boyer, of Boyer Motors, recently presented Kim Bishop, chair of the North Hastings Fund Development Committee, with a $2,000 donation to ...

Parent starts petition to allow Madawaska students to attend Whitney Public School

by MICHAEL RILEYLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter A petition was started on Jan. 8 on change.org by Madawaska resident Lynsey Aleck to allow school aged children in her town to ...

Libraries return to curbside pick up

By Kristena Schutt-Moore As the province is now in Step Two of the Roadmap to Reopen with modifications, area libraries are returning to curb side ...

Curbside service is more than books at NHPL

By Chris Drost With the return to a modified Stage-2, libraries, including the North Hastings Public Library, have returned to curbside service. What CEO head ...

Bancroft Studio Tour looking for new artists

By Kristena Schutt-Moore The Bancroft and Area Autumn Studio Tour has sent the call out for artists to send out their applications for the 2022 ...

Food bank receives donation of $4,000 in snacks

By Kristena Schutt-Moore At the start of the holiday season the staff at Northern Rural Net held a brainstorming season to try and find the ...

Santa Claus visited Whitney on Dec. 19

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The weather outside was anything but frightful, but the sun and clear skies in Whitney on Dec. 19 ...

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