Bancroft this Week

Strategies for fighting back

March 23, 2020 By Chris Drost The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is using a series of webinars to help fight off ...

Beyond COVID-19

March 17, 2020 By Nate Smelle It is often said that hindsight is 20/20. Still, despite the truth to be found in this cliché when ...

Taking beech bark disease seriously

March 17, 2020 By Chris Drost Humans are not the only ones facing disease that has come from other places. During the 1890s European beech ...

Health care community implements measures to limit spread of COVID-19

March, 17, 2020 By Nate Smelle On March 11 the World Health Organization upgraded the status of the COVID-19 outbreak to a global pandemic. Since ...

Covid-19 Coronavirus Cancellations/Changes

by Kristena Schutt-Moore This is a list of cancellations, closures and scheduling changes made in regards to safety concerns with the spread of Coronavirus or ...

Political correctness

March 10, 2020 By Nate Smelle What I love most about this gig is the access to information one has as a journalist. As frustrating ...

‘Touching the Great Again’ with Arne Roosman

March 10, 2020 By Nate Smelle The following story contains graphic details, which may not be suitable for all readers. With Canada’s neighbour to the ...

Solidarity fundraiser for Wet’suwet’en draws 40 people

March 10, 2020 By Chris Drost Although there was a last-minute change in speakers for the event on Sunday, March 8, the solidarity fundraiser for ...

Forests Ontario to plant 70,000+ trees countywide in 2020

March 3, 2020 By Nate Smelle Since the program began in 2008, Forests Ontario has planted more than 29 million trees throughout the province. With ...