Community News
North Hastings library to collect household used batteries
By Chris Drost Used batteries. They can often be found in the kitchen junk drawer, thrown in there when they no longer work. But now, ...
Lions support the dogs that support us
By Kristena Schutt-Moore Every year the Bancroft Lion’s Club joins Lion’s Clubs across Canada to walk a mile in the paw prints of those who ...
Youth2Youth program finds pen pals during COVID-19
By Kristena Schutt-Moore Youth2Youth Hastings Prince Edward is a youth led group supported by the United Way Quinte. They have a mission to spark innovative ...
Crokinole on hiatus
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Mayor Libby Clarke began Crokinole game nights in Tudor and Cashel Township back in 2016. While the COVID-19 ...
William O’Brien: 100 years and still going strong
By Kristena Schutt-Moore Born in the post First World War era, William ‘Bill’ O’Brien was born on May 6, 1921, and this year he celebrates ...
Tudor and Cashel family cleans up their road
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On its Facebook page on April 15, Tudor and Cashel Township gave a shout out to locals Melissa ...
Ares wins Quinte Regional Science and Technology Fair
By Kristena Schutt-Moore On Sunday, April 11 Ares Worsley was announced as the winner of the Quinte Regional Science and Technology Fair. Ares started two ...
Educational campaign about shoreline protection is underway
By Chris Drost An organization that calls itself BeShore Haliburton has emerged in Haliburton out of a bylaw aimed at protecting shorelines that has been ...
Earth Day 2021 will be a three day celebration
By Kristena Schutt-Moore The lock down may be in effect, and it may make a lot of things difficult to do or enjoy, but it ...
Easter egg hunt at the Riverside Chateau
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Gail Ross and Leeanni Renaud took on the role of the Easter Bunny at the Riverside Chateau seniors’ ...
Sports
Hockey changing for youngest players
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.
Bantam Jets all Ontario finalists
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 ...
Weekly open gym offered at Bancroft Gems gymnastics
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 ...
Bancroft Jets Tykes Win C Championship
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. ...
Bantam Jets down in the finals
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 ...
Switch yard ball hockey house league returns
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 ...
Midget Jets down a game in All-Ontario finals
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 ...
Howran inspires at Birds Creek
On Thursday, Tori Howran visited the students at Birds Creek Public School where she herself attended as a kid. Watching all the kids file into ...
Jets soar through the weekend
The Leveque Brother/Rock Breaker Peewee Girl Jets continued to dominate the ice over the weekend. Saturday afternoon the Jets played in Bancroft taking on the Cold ...
Midget B Bancroft Jets advance to eastern loop finals
The Bancroft I.D.A/Canadian Tire Midget B Girls Jets travelled to Frankford on Saturday afternoon to face off against the Cold Creek Comets in their last ...
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Let it shine
By Nate Smelle Since the COVID-19 pandemic became part of our daily routine last year our world has been going through a massive transformation on ...
What would Jesus do?
By Nate Smelle Every living thing has a story to tell. Whether speaking in words, sounds, actions, or inactions, the expressions resonating from our existence ...
The birth of a new system
By Nate Smelle On May 25, 2020 the life of George Floyd was snuffed out on camera by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the ...
Time, energy, and money
By Nate Smelle By the time this newspaper ends up in the hands of most readers, Earth Day will have come and gone. Luckily, for ...
Peace, health, happiness, and animals
By Nate Smelle Anyone who has spent a significant amount of time with a non-human animal or animals knows how unique each being truly is. ...
Valuing the many
By Nate Smelle If there is one skill that the human species has mastered throughout its history, it is the art of making the same ...
For money or fresh air?
By Nate Smelle On March 29, 2020 the provincial government reported that four people had lost their lives to COVID-19 that day. That same day, ...
Walking without boots
By Nate Smelle As the snow vanishes into the warm air of the approaching spring, the landscape comes to life with a wave of movement ...
Here comes the sun
By Nate Smelle Of all the months in the year, March bears the most signs of seasonal change. When the icicles start dripping, the water ...
A new tool
By Nate Smelle While listening to the March 3 meeting of Hastings Highlands council on YouTube over the weekend, my mind returned to the focus ...
