Bancroft this Week

Screen free kids’ playtime…what a concept!

MICHAEL RILEYStaff I HEARD AN INTERVIEW on CBC radio the other day about people’s attention spans being diminished due to electronic device usage and too much screen time. This phenomenon ...

Grandsons of Nellie Lunn have their say

by CHRIS DROSTStaff On Monday, March 7 at 5:30 p.m. Daniel and Joseph Claus, grandsons of Nellie Lunn, after whom the park in Wollaston was ...

COVID-19 updates for week of March 28

BY MICHAEL RILEYLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter In Canada, according to the chief public health officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam, in a news release from March 25, ...

Sloan running to represent Hastings-Lennox and Addington

By Kristena Schutt-Moore Derek Sloan has announced his candidacy as Member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of hastings-Lennox and Addington. The announcement came on ...

Local team recognized for mass vaccination clinics in North Hastings

BY CHRIS DROSTStaff The efforts of the North Hastings Hospital team in partnership with Hastings Prince Edward Public Health and the Bancroft Community Family Health ...

Ontario’s cry for assistance

To the Editor,Premier Ford is responding to Ontario taxpayers’ calls for a more affordable economy. With prices escalating everywhere Ontarians are being forced to bite ...

COVID-19 vaccine equity only way to beat the virus

MICHAEL RILEYStaff WHILE CANADA HAS made great strides in fighting COVID-19 over the past two years, and indeed many countries have also made remarkable progress in getting their ...

South Algonquin discuss area’s LDD moth infestation

BY MICHAEL RILEYLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter At their meeting on March 2, South Algonquin Township council briefly discussed the infestation of the Lymantria dispar dispar moth ...

COVID-19 updates for the week of March 21

BY MICHAEL RILEYLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter In Canada, according to the chief public health officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam, in a news release from March 17, ...

Possible changes to Wollaston fire services

by KRISTENA SCHUTT-MOORE Staff A delegation to Wollaston council was presented by JD Fentie, Wendy Mortimer and Frank McConnell, who brought forward concerns about the ...