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Truth art exhibition opens at the Art Gallery of Bancroft
By Bill Kilpatrick On Sept. 5 the first half of the Truth and Reconciliation art exhibit entitled Truth opened at the Art Gallery of Bancroft. The opening reception on Sept. 7 was attended by over 200 patrons who were lined ...
Bancroft and area Autumn Studio Tour returns for its 31st year
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Back for its 31st year, the Bancroft and area Autumn Studio Tour delighted attendees with the various wares ...
Cheque presentation for $1,575 goes toward the Back the Cat initiative
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Shawano Rate Payers Inc. on Dickey Lake raised money from an annual swim they do to support ...
Little Blue Cabins seeks feedback at stakeholder meeting
By Bill Kilpatrick On Sept. 20 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Kevin Taylor, chair of the board for Little Blue Cabins, along with the ...
Birds Creek students win first ever Stories of Peace Award
By Nate Smelle In 1981 the United Nations General Assembly declared Sept. 21 the International Day of Peace. Since then, each year people around the ...
Whitney Seniors putting on Art Show, Raffle and Bake Sale Sept. 30
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Whitney Seniors New Outlook is putting on an Art Show, Raffle and Bake Sale at the Whitney ...
CAO Dorey addresses homelessness and affordable housing crisis in Hastings County
By Bill Kilpatrick Connor Dorey, who is now going into his third month as the new Chief Executive Officer for Hastings County, spoke to Bancroft ...
Homeless encampment at Community Trust is proving to be challenging for all those involved
By Bill Kilpatrick On Sept. 10 just after 7 a.m., John Scaife and Dante Gentles, residents at the apartment building at 21 Valley View drive, ...
United Way HPE’s Backpacks for Success program organizers overwhelmed by support
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter United Way Hastings Prince Edward’s Backpacks for Success program has been a big success this year and organizers ...
ONA nurses strike, demand fair wages and respect
By Nate Smelle On Friday, Aug. 18, 50 registered nurses, public health nurses and registered practical nurses with the Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health ...
Limerick council gets update from Crowe Valley Conservation Authority
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tim Pidduck, general manager/secretary-treasurer of the Crowe Valley Conservation Authority took centre stage at the Limerick Township council ...
Community News
Black Community Mixtapes uncovers lost Canadian history
By Nate Smelle Award-winning Canadian filmmakers, Allison Duke and Ngardy Conteh George recently launched a new five-part docu-series they co-produced called Black Community Mixtapes. The ...
Maple Leaf Snow Skimmers celebrate landowners, volunteers and anniversary of maintenance facility
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Maple Leaf Snow Skimmers held a private event on Sept. 23 at their maintenance facility at 348 ...
Shamrock Club looking to recruit new members
By Bill Kilpatrick On Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the Shamrock Club held an open house at the Dungannon Recreation Centre in ...
Linda Hutsell Manning book reading takes audience back in time
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Linda Hutsell-Manning did a book reading on Sept. 5 at the Madawaska Hall in Madawaska for her book ...
Forest Play Nature School holds open house in Maynooth
By Bill Kilpatrick On Saturday, Sept. 9 the Maynooth Forest Play Nature School held an open house where potential students and parents could explore, ask ...
End of life doula discusses death
By Bill Kilpatrick The British neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks once said, “It is the fate – the genetic and neural fate – of every ...
Zumba classes coming to Faraday Community Centre
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Zumba classes are coming to the Faraday Community Centre starting on Sept. 18, courtesy of the Faraday Recreation ...
Limerick Artisan Craft Market organizers would like to see it become a yearly event
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Limerick Economic Development Committee had their Artisan Craft Market at Limerick Lake Lodge on Aug. 19 and ...
South Algonquin Library to host author talk with Linda Hutsell-Manning Sept. 5
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Township of South Algonquin Public Library will be welcoming author Linda Hutsell-Manning to talk about her book ...
Fort Stewart Jamboree had attendees dancing like no one was watching
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Fort Stewart Jamboree was on last weekend and was a big success and well attended, despite the ...
Sports
Another winning season for Algonquin athlete Bernie Hogan
By Nate Smelle Algonquin athlete Bernie Hogan has been on a roll. At the recent Masters Indigenous Games held in Ottawa from Aug. 24 to ...
Bancroft T-Hawks football team ends the regular season undefeated
By Bill Kilpatrick On Saturday, June 10 the Bancroft T-Hawks minor football team hosted the Trent Hills Titans at North Hastings High School in their ...
Record breaking year for North Hastings High School Huskies track and field team
By Bill Kilpatrick The year is shaping up well for the North Hastings High School Huskies track and field team. On May 17 450 athletes ...
Algonquin athlete hopes to continue his winning ways this winter
By Nate Smelle 2022 has proven to be another successful year for competitive runner and snowshoer Bernie Hogan. Hogan began this past season on July ...
Taking first place on snowshoes
By Kristena Schutt-Moore Bernie Hogan has been racing on snowshoes for the past three years, and this year he swept the competition away. He took ...
NHHS returns to the ice to honour TG Welsh
By Kristena Schutt-Moore The graduating students of North Hastings High School returned to the ice of the North Hastings Community Centre on Friday, April 1. ...
Rockhounds and Jets join forces to raise awareness of Dress Purple Day
By Nate Smelle The North Hastings Community Centre is once again abuzz with the sounds of hockey. Along with the cheerful atmosphere around the rink, ...
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 ...
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World Alzheimer’s Day shines a light on a devasting disease
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter World Alzheimer’s Day was on Sept. 21 and according to the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada, nearly 50 million ...
The limits of suffering
By Bill Kilpatrick One of the main premises that any liberal-democratic society must be based on is the notion of individual liberty, meaning that, in ...
A reminder that stopping for school buses is mandatory
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Constable Joel Devenish, community safety/media relations officer with the Bancroft detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police issued a ...
Aloha reality
By Nate Smelle There are no words to describe the pain and anguish that the people of Maui are feeling in the wake of the ...
What are we fighting for?
By Nate Smelle Is there anything more valuable than peace? Since chatting with the Canadian Peace Museum’s founder and CEO, Chris Houston last week, I ...
Another killer summer
By Nate Smelle Growing up in a household where the weather channel regularly dominated the television screen, since my childhood I have always had an ...
Life or death?
By Nate Smelle Well, if the blanket of wildfire smoke that has been smothering us on a regular basis this summer wasn’t enough of a ...
Local smoke
By Nate Smelle June is a very special month in Ontario. It is when the trilliums bloom, the birds and the turtles nest, and the ...
Fresh air
By Nate Smelle As the old saying goes: “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” Usually this statement is used metaphorically, with the intention of acknowledging that ...
Collateral damage
By Nate Smelle One would think that with the stench of the COVID-19 pandemic still lingering in our hospitals and graveyards throughout Ontario and around ...
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