Wollaston joins poverty roundtable

February 18, 2016

“I don’t come very often to these meetings,” said local resident and social justice advocate Lee Maidlow to the most recent Wollaston Township council meeting on Jan 26, “but I will when a voice is needed for people, or the environment.”

Low-income renters suffering housing crisis

There is a lack of affordable housing in the area. The Hastings Housing Resource Centre and Housing First Working Group of the Poverty Roundtable Hastings Prince Edward are reaching out to landlords and property owners to fix that.

Chamber responds to jobs act

The province’s 2017 workplace legislation could cost the average household up to $1,300 per year, according to a new study.

Council offered suggestions to change procedures

Wollaston Township council heard a brief delegation by a local citizen at their Aug. 8 regular meeting offering suggestions for changes to their procedural bylaw governing the conduct of their meetings. Roxanne Lambert asked council to consider several changes which would improve transparency, accountability, and increase public input. She suggested not limiting delegations to three per meeting and reducing their speaking time to five minutes plus council’s questions.

Bancroft council seeks more federal and provincial funding

By Tony Pearson Financial matters remained front and centre at last week’s meeting of Bancroft council. To their satisfaction, they learned that the province had ...

Big community development decisions at Wollaston

By Jim Eadie There has been a lot of discussion and hand wringing about community development around the council table over the past few years, ...

Public transit TROUT moves under BCT

Bancroft Community Transit is taking over TROUT operations as the Community Care North Hastings charity dissolves.

Utility arrears on the rise in Bancroft

Town treasurer Arthur Smith’s provided council with a financial update on Bancroft’s water and wastewater services at their meeting in Dungannon on Tuesday, Aug. 8. His report highlighted that the arrears generated from residents who have failed to pay their water and sewer bills have increased to $24,967 in 2017. To provide a comparison, CAO Hazel Lambe stated that in 2015 the arrears as of July 31 amounted to $20,471; in 2016 $19,050.

OCWA back at bidding table

Despite the recommendations of the consultants at DM Wills Associates, council has decided to allow the Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) to re-enter the bidding process for the contract to become the operator of the Bancroft’s water and wastewater systems

$1,500 in fines for illegal hunt

A Coe Hill man has been fined $1,500 for hunting offences under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. Thomas A. Spatafore pleaded guilty to possessing ...

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