Bancroft this Week

Cold weather increases the risk of fires

by KRISTENA SCHUTT-MOORE Staff With the chain of snow storms and temperatures droppingpast minus 30 degrees celsius Bancroft This Week reachedout to the Bancroft fire ...

Cat and dog adoptions spike during the COVID-19 pandemic

MICHAEL RILEYStaff I SAW AN ARTICLE the other day in the Toronto Star saying that pet adoptions had increased quite a lot since the CDC declared COVID-19 a pandemic ...

Ontario phased reopening starting Jan. 31

BY MICHAEL RILEYLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter On Jan. 24, there were 4,790 new cases added to the total number of Ontarians with COVID-19, which stands at 1,001,455 ...

Hastings Highlands in preliminary talks for new Indigenous centre and childcare facility in Maynooth

BY MICHAEL RILEYLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter At their meeting on Jan. 19, Hastings Highlands council received a report from Mayor Tracy Hagar regarding her preliminary talks with The ...

Vaccinations keep students returning to school this week safer

MICHAEL RILEYStaff I FIRST CAME UP here to Bancroft to start writing for Bancroft This Week barely a month after the pandemic officially had begun. Now, two years ...

Boyer Family Charitable Fund makes $2,000 donation to hospital

by CHRIS DROSTStaff Brandon Boyer, of Boyer Motors, recently presented Kim Bishop, chair of the North Hastings Fund Development Committee, with a $2,000 donation to ...

Parent starts petition to allow Madawaska students to attend Whitney Public School

by MICHAEL RILEYLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter A petition was started on Jan. 8 on change.org by Madawaska resident Lynsey Aleck to allow school aged children in her town to ...

Carlow Mayo CFSO fire and emergency management report to council

BY MICHAEL RILEYLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter At their meeting on Jan. 11, Carlow Mayo Township council heard fromDwayne Meharrie, their community fire and safety officer and community ...

Limerick public works supervisor updates council

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter At their meeting on Dec 20, Limerick Township council heard from Les Rowley, the public works supervisor, who ...

Schools will not be contact traced for COVID-19

By Kristena Schutt-Moore The Hastings Prince Edward District School Board held their first meeting of 2022 on Jan. 3 to discuss the announcement from the ...