By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic infectious disease, meaning that it’s transmitting from animals to humans. It is found in parts of central and west Africa and infections usually occur with exposure to infected ...
By Mike RileyLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterAt the South Algonquin Township meeting on June 1, council received and discussed a letter from CAO/clerk-treasurer Bryan Martin, about ...
By Nate SmelleThe Progressive Conservative’s Ric Bresee has been elected as Hastings-Lennox and Addington’s next Member of Provincial Parliament. Bresee, a former council member in ...
By Kristena Schutt-Moore The entire North Hastings High School got involved with this year’s Indigenous Day. The School’s Wolf Pack organized the event and celebrated ...
By Nate Smelle The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the severity of several longstanding crises in Ontario that have been placed on the backburner for far ...
By Kristena Schutt-Moore The Bancroft Crusaders had a successful Relay your Way with their Music in the Park on Friday, June 10. Many community members ...
By Kristena Schutt-Moore Cardiology services will be returning to the Bancroft area through the team work of Hastings Prince Edward Public Health Unit and the ...
By Chris Drost Despite some inopportune downpours, the Bancroft Area Stewardship Council’s Wonders of Wetlands Day at Joy Bible Camp on June 1 was a ...
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In the week following the storm that shook southern Ontario and Quebec, causing massive damage, hydro outages and ...
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A powerful storm that went through southern Ontario on Saturday May 21 causing a lot of damage in ...
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter South Algonquin Township council received a letter from Joe Avery, the chair of the Whitney recreation committee, about ...
Ontario Nature, a leading environmental charity, announced the recipients of their annualConservation Awards on June 11, 2022. The awards recognized the exceptional contributionsmade by individuals and ...
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lights, camera, action! Most of the scenes for an upcoming movie will be shot in and around Whitney ...
By Kristena Schutt-Moore Three generations of ladies have taken over the Muse Gallery and Cafe. New owners Liz Raymond, her mother Rose and her daughter ...
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter North Hastings Inspiration Place has friends in Joe and Carol Favot, who own the Bancroft Foodland. For the ...
By Kristena Schutt-Moore The Bancroft Farmers’ Market abuzz with activity on Saturday, June 11. The first market of the year filled the Riverside park with ...
By Kristena Schutt-Moore ReDefine Arts and Maggie’s Resource Centre are taking the next step in their new Countdown Pebble Mosaic project. The new mosaic will ...
By Chris Drost A Place for the Arts is currently presenting a group exhibition by members of Outside the Lines in the Annex Gallery at ...
By Kristena Schutt-Moore The weather was perfect for a walk with a four legged best friend on Sunday, May 29, and eight people and four ...
By Kristena Schutt-Moore The Bancroft Sparks, Brownies and Guides Unit are looking for new members. Registration for membership opens on June 13 for new Sparks ...
By Kristena Schutt-Moore It was a stellar night and a great list of performances at the Festival of Stars Gala Awards on Thursday, May 9. ...
By Kristena Schutt-Moore Bernie Hogan has been racing on snowshoes for the past three years, and this year he swept the competition away. He took ...
By Kristena Schutt-Moore The graduating students of North Hastings High School returned to the ice of the North Hastings Community Centre on Friday, April 1. ...
By Nate Smelle The North Hastings Community Centre is once again abuzz with the sounds of hockey. Along with the cheerful atmosphere around the rink, ...
The game is changing for young hockey families. Initiate level, tyke and novice players won’t be returning to the same ice dynamics they remember for the next few years.
The Bierworth Readi-Mix Bantam Jets were on the road Saturday for game three of their series against the Mitchell Meteors. Being down two games to ...
Bancroft Gems Gymnastics students practice their skills as part of the new weekly open gym format, offered every Saturday afternoon to members and non-members alike ...
On Saturday, March 11 the Bancroft Tykes travelled to Baltimore for the Tyke Year-end Windup. The Tykes won 14-5 in the final C Division Championship. ...
The Bierworth Readi-Mix Bantam Jets hosted the Mitchell Meteors this weekend for games one and two of their all Ontario finals. Saturday, the Jets kicked ...
Due to the great success of our first year of running the Switch Yard Ball Hockey House League last spring, the Switch Yard is once ...
The Bierworth family was honoured at the North Hastings arena Saturday night just before Bancroft’s Bierworth Readi-Mix Bantam Jets took the ice to start their ...
By Nate Smelle TRAVELING THROUGHOUT ONTARIO’S Cottage Country at any time of year, it is always wise to keep an eye out for local wildlife ...
By Nate Smelle In the wake of every election, political scientists and journalists traditionally devote a week or so, making sense of the statistics spit ...
By Nate Smelle Over the past two months I have received correspondence from the parents of three different children studying at schools in North Hastings, ...
By Nate Smelle Lakefront dwellers along with those who spend a significant amount of time at higher elevations are gifted with the unique opportunity to ...
By Nate Smelle ANYONE WHO HANGS their hat in North Hastings between the spring equinox and the summer solstice finds themselves in a uniquely rich ...
By Nate Smelle It is after midnight on May 10. I am sitting beside my first bonfire of the season; watching the flames swallow up ...
By Nate Smelle It’s fair to assume that almost everyone reading this has had several jobs throughout their lifetime. For many of us, especially those ...
By Nate Smelle It is that time of year when the break of dawn arrives well before 6 a.m. Stepping onto the front porch last ...
By Nate Smelle What can be said about the killing of Patrick Lyoya that hasn’t already been said about George Floyd, Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, ...
By Nate Smelle Freedom is not a word to be used or taken lightly. Nor are words such as fascism, or terrorism. So why is ...
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