February 2015 Archive

Recycling initiative saves municipality big

By Nate Smelle The following are series of brief reports from the Wednesday, Feb. 4 meeting of Council in Hastings Highlands. Council got a pat ...

Local artist unleashes dinosaur in New Jersey

By Sara Valsoney Hastings Highlands-based artist Kevin Hockley recently unveiled his prehistoric re-creation of the Liopleurodon he has been constructing in his home studio. The ...

Investigation into snowmobile death on Paudash Lake still ongoing

By Angelica Blenich Circumstances around the death of a 51-year-old man from Peterborough are still unclear following a snowmobile collision Jan. 30 on Paudash Lake ...

Astrid Young rocks Dickey Lake

By Nate Snelle Musician, author, painter, screenwriter, composer, actor and wine expert are a few of the titles one might find when first discovering the ...

Urban artist finds inspiration in Bancroft

By Harold Eastman Artist James Fowler is heading into his second consecutive all-nighter. Armed with bags of Twizlers, bite-size KitKats and a tub of Jujubes, ...

New Optimist Club busy in North Hastings

By Jim Eadie A new volunteer organization devoted to making the world and community a better place for our children, the Tri-Township Optimist Club (TTOC), ...

Striking nurses demand a fair contract

By Nate Smelle Nearly 3,000 health care professionals working with Community Care Access Centres (CCAC) across Ontario have been on strike for the past two ...

Sharing is caring

By Nate Smelle IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS WE  have seen picket signs popping up around Bancroft and the rest of the province. Whether held ...

Bancroft OPP investigating snowmobile collision

On Friday, Jan. 30 officers from the Bancroft detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the report of a snowmobile collision on North Bay ...

Raising the bar

By Nate Smelle DURING THE JAN. 21 meeting of council in Hastings Highlands Mayor Vivian Bloom described an encounter with an elderly resident of the ...

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