Can a second language be taught too soon?

November 24, 2016

“Concombre!” Adelaide stated as she raised the half-eaten cucumber slice toward me. Adelaide maintained a tight-fisted grip on her edible prize as she expressed enthusiasm for her snack using this single French word. Adelaide is a curious two-year-old in a newly opened bilingual nursery school run by Lennox and Addington Resources for Children at The Prince Charles School in Napanee. Bilingual educator Kelsey McNeil explains that this half-day program is a fun way for preschoolers to learn French words that relate to their everyday world.

Biggest complaint I hear as a trainer

I have been working as a dog trainer for over 10 years now. I have worked with everything from labs and St. Bernards to Chihuahuas. I have experienced my fair share of dog bites, fights, tears and frustrated owners. Before we dive into common problems we dog owners experience, I want to examine three common things every pet owner should know about.

Even small communities have a voice

At 5 p.m. last Monday, Nov. 21, almost 30 took to Riverside Park to stand in solidarity against the Kinder Morgan (KM) pipeline. It the dark, cold and blowing wind they were united in their fight against climate change.

Making history

By Nate Smelle DROPPING BY SILENT LAKE Provincial Park on Saturday, Aug. 8 for the Eco-scavenger hunt was pleasantly surprised to discover a group of ...

Prehistoric windows

By Nate Smelle IT’S MONDAY MORNING AND most of the rockhounds occupying the mineral capital of Canada this past weekend for the 52nd annual Rockhound ...

Money down the drain

The facts of Bancroft’s impending financial crisis have been on the table for nearly two years. The town is hemorrhaging money due to its on-going sewer cost deficit. For going on four years, the town has lost between $400,000 and $500,000 a year treating its wastewater. The cumulative debt is around $2 million. If nothing changes, then the town could run out of money next year as a result.

Common Threads

By Nate Smelle LOOKING BACK THROUGH the piles of copies of Bancroft This Week from years past at the office, one finds more than a ...

The holidays have arrived in Bancroft

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas; Ev’rywhere you go— Hold on, one second, settle down.

Part of the game

By Nate Smelle HOCKEY SEASON MAY BE over for some, but not for local on-ice sensation, Tori Howran. While many of her friends are focused ...

Kudos to the community’s front-line workers

It is important to remember our front line workers — the heroes that continue to protect our ways of life. Area first responders — men and women of the North Hastings Fire Service, Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services and the Bancroft OPP detachment — risk their lives for our safety every day. Area secondary responders — men and women of North Hastings Children’s Services, Maggie’s Resource Centre of North Hastings and others — work every day to defend the rights of everyday people in everyday ways.

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