Bancroft this Week

Amended Exotic Animal Bylaw should pass at April council meeting

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Limerick Township council discussed passing an exotic animal bylaw at its March 15 council meeting. With the controversy ...

COVID-19 vaccinations underway in South Algonquin

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In a press release issued on March 22, the Renfrew County and District public health gave an update ...

Overdose deaths on the rise in North Hastings

By Nate Smelle Over the past year, the vast majority of the human population has spent most of its time social distancing from others to ...

Reflections on getting the vaccination

By Chris Drost I have been vaccinated against a variety of diseases throughout my life, but never before did I feel the same gratitude I ...

Director of education discusses school board’s response to COVID-19

By Nate Smelle Over the past year Ontario’s education system has undergone several fundamental changes in an attempt to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 ...

Bancroft hospital fund receives $5,000

By Chris Drost The Boyer Family Charitable Fund has made a generous $5,000 donation to the Quinte Health Care North Hastings Hospital. “This donation will ...

Home Hardware starts a new chapter in its 50 year history

By Kristena Schutt-Moore Bancroft Home Hardware, also known as Wade’s by many people due to the fact that the Wade family has managed the store ...

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, ...

An open letter to Tudor and Cashel council

Dear Mayor Libby Clarke, Enclosed with my 2021 interim tax bill, I received a one page questionnaire on the subject of the township’s possible move ...