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Canadian-Iranian restaurateur calls for peace

By Chris Houston News from Iran has dominated headlines since Israel’s surprise military attack on June 13. The United States’ military strikes on three Iranian ...

WoodShare to hold first Woodstack Music Festival fundraiser

By Bill Kilpatrick WoodShare, a local organization that provides emergency firewood to those in need throughout North Hastings, are holding their first fundraising concert called ...

Tudor and Cashel unveil new signage

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tudor and Cashel Township unveiled their new township signage featuring their new tagline Secluded Beauty-Connected Community, and posted ...

NHDHA launches Catch the Ace fundraiser 

By Nate Smelle On June 6 the North Hastings District Hospital Auxiliary launched an exciting new fundraising initiative—Catch the Ace—to support a vital cause: raising ...

Bancroft Walk for Dog Guides raises over $5,000 locally

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Bancroft Lions Club Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides, which happened on May 25, was a barking ...

100 + Women Who Care award funding to BCT

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter At their second meeting of 2025 on May 28 at the Bancroft Village Playhouse, the 100+ Women Who ...

Strong mayor powers given to Hastings Highlands

By Bill Kilpatrick On April 9 the government of Ontario announced that on May 1 they were adding 169 municipalities to the current 47 municipalities ...

Bancroft Scouts experience SCUBA diving

By Bill Kilpatrick On May 12 members of the Bancroft scouting group got to experience what it’s like to go SCUBA diving. The scouts traveled ...

Community News

Inaugural Hospice 50/50 draw winner gets nearly $6,000

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Hospice North Hastings had their inaugural 50/50 draw on June 2 and the big winner of $5,910 was ...

Second year for United Way HPE Hygiene Product Drive

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter United Way Hastings Prince Edward is launching a targeted Hygiene Product Drive for its second year, according to ...

Movie Music Memories at L’Amable Bible Chapel

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The North Hastings Community Choir put on a spring recital called “Movie Music Memories” at the L’Amable Bible ...

Bancroft Lions Club Dog Walk set for May 25

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Bancroft Lions Club presents the Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides, coming back to Bancroft on May ...

Baptist Church holds fundraiser for the unhoused

By Bill Kilpatrick On May 9 Rod Moffitt held a piano concert at the Community Fellowship Baptist Church to raise money to help support the ...

Hastings Centennial Manor gets donation from Legion

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Stacy Talsma, president of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 181 in Bancroft, sent a media release to Bancroft ...

Tudor and Cashel Township volunteers shown some love

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Inititiative Reporter Tudor and Cashel Township had a roast beef dinner event thanking all their volunteers for a job well ...

APFTA NHHS student art show coming April 2

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A Place for the Arts will be hosting the fourth annual North Hastings High School student art show ...

Metcalfe talks North Hastings Music Festival

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With the North Hastings Music Festival coming back from May 5 to 9, Gillian Metcalfe, president of the ...

Foster Lake Winter Carnival postponed due to snowstorm

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Carlow Mayo Township’s Winter Carnival at Foster Lake was supposed to be held on Feb. 16 at Foster ...

Sports

Huskies to compete in Bay of Quinte

By Bill Kilpatrick After an up-and-down year for the North Hastings High School junior and senior girl’s volleyball teams, both teams pulled off some important ...

Huskies win silver and gold

By Bill Kilpatrick The North Hastings Highschool senior and junior boys’ volleyball teams are on fire this year as both teams moved on from the ...

U-15 Bancroft Jets Girls host friendly tournament

By Melissa Armstrong Bancroft Jets Girls U-15 hockey team hosted the Ennismore Eagles, Otonabee Wolverines and Ottawa Valley Thunder for a friendly mini tournament on ...

NHHS Huskies continue to break records

By Bill Kilpatrick Last year the North Hastings High School track and field team had what coach Barb Gillis described as an “outstanding year,” adding ...

Elvis Stojko performs at the BSC Carnival

By Kaitlin Sylvester The Bancroft Skating Club hosted its highly anticipated annual fundraiser on April 6 at the Bancroft arena. The event that brought together ...

Whitney Minor Baseball returns in May

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Minor baseball is coming back to Whitney in May, after many years’ absence. The Whitney Recreation Committee announced ...

First youth sports fair held at York River Public School

By Bill Kilpatrick On Wednesday March 20 from 6-8 p.m. York River Public School held the first North Hastings Youth Sport Registration Fair. The event ...

Winning season continues for Bancroft U-15 Girls Jets

By Nate Smelle The Bancroft U-15 Girls Jets are having a truly remarkable 2023/2024 season.This amazing group of up and coming hockey stars has been ...

Hastings Snowshoe Hustle cancelled due to weather

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With Mother Nature refusing to cooperate, the Hastings Snowshoe Hustle, scheduled for March 10 at Camp Cedar Ridge ...

Huskies’ wrestlers headed to Ontario championship

By Bill Kilpatrick Three wrestlers from North Hastings High School are headed to Stoney Creek, near Hamilton, for the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations ...

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