Bancroft United by Music at the Village Playhouse

January 24, 2024

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The United by Music event on Jan. 19 at the Bancroft Village Playhouse was a huge success. Organized ...

Economic Development Committee to receive training in South Algonquin

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter South Algonquin Township hasn’t had an economic development committee meeting since April, 2022, and some in the community, ...

Eat it forward initiative offers people more than food

By Bill Kilpatrick When Bancroft This Week first reported on the “Eat it Forward” social justice initiative a little over a month ago it was ...

Mayor provides insight into year ahead for Bancroft

By Nate Smelle Upon opening the inaugural Bancroft council meeting of 2024 with a Land Acknowledgement, Mayor Paul Jenkins addressed the state of the community ...

New program helps children with autism prepare for school

By Bill Kilpatrick Five-year-old Jordyn Woodcock has autism, and one year ago, like many other parents across Canada who have children on the spectrum, the ...

Councillor Fentie found not in conflict over Nellie Lunn board

By Bill Kilpatrick This is part three and the final part of Bancroft This Week and The Bancroft Times’ coverage of the Dec. 12, 2023 ...

Bancroft Bible Chapel to serve as temporary warming shelter

By Nate Smelle On Monday, Jan. 8 Hastings County announced that a temporary warming centre was going to be open to those in need of ...

Bancroft council declares January Alzheimer Awareness Month

By Kaitlin Sylvester Bancroft council formally proclaimed January 2024 as Alzheimer Awareness Month. This declaration is a call for citizens to actively engage their understanding ...

Taylor Reads challenges students to explore Indigenous authors

By Bill Kilpatrick Taylor Reads, a contest that closely mimics the CBC reading contest called Canada Reads, is an Indigenous novel contest that was the ...