Loyalist faculty rejects employer’s final offer, strikes

October 19, 2017

Loyalist College’s Ontario Public Service Employees Union representative says he’d “put money” on the strike between the union and the College Employer Council lasting to the end of the week or longer.

Refugee sponsorship group formed

Rev. Jonathon Kouri of St. John’s Anglican and Rev. Lynn Watson of St. Paul’s United at the Refugee Sponsorship organizing meeting last Wednesday. TONY PEARSON ...

Fishing not allowed at Coe Hill Fishing Derby

A family attending the fourth annual fishing derby at Coe Hill on March 4 enjoy a snack of roasted hotdog and marshmallow. JIM EADIE photo ...

Chief negotiator visits Bancroft

Land claimed by the Algonquins of Ontario in coming years will be subject to the same rules as any other private property, according to Ontario chief negotiator Doug Carr.

Wollaston council looks at transportation options

By Jim Eadie A visibly dismayed Wollaston Township council learned at their March 8 regular meeting that their application for federal funding to support a ...

Hastings Highlands hearing postponed

The Ontario Municipal Board has moved Hastings Highlands’s at-large voting decision hearing to November.

Town chooses water and wastewater contractor

Bancroft has begun negotiating with the lowest bidder for town water and wastewater management.

Eagles Nest Trail tells an Algonquin story

The sound of drumming echoed through the trees lining the trails stretching throughout Bancroft’s Eagles Nest Park on Saturday afternoon, welcoming a crowd of 100 plus to the official grand opening of the park’s new Indigenous-themed interpretive trail system. Bancroft’s acting mayor Paul Jenkins encouraged those in attendance to explore the trails and take a peek at the new interpretive signage placed strategically throughout the park.

Mayor resigns with heavy heart

Almost 15 years of municipal service were brought to a close Sept. 26 as Town of Bancroft Mayor Bernice Jenkins tendered her resignation from council, effective Nov. 30.

Poet discovers alleged plagiarism

A local Bancroft area poet has garnered international attention after inadvertently discovering and reporting alleged plagiarism by Canada’s former parliamentary poet laureate and Governor General Award-winning poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, now deceased.

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