Listening to our soldiers

November 9, 2016

There is no real way to understand the PTSD a soldier experiences in active action. Stories can be told, situations imagined, but it is, in the end, only words for those of us who have not been there.

Balance and Harmony

By Nate Smelle AFTER TAKING IN THIS year’s Canada Day celebration in Bancroft on two wheels, I decided to do the same for the Bancroft ...

Supplying the beef

In the early 1980s, Wendy’s hamburger chain ran a famous commercial with the tag line “Where’s the beef?” This is also a question which has been asked of Bancroft’s much self-promoted Community Safety and Well-Being Plan.

Reconciliation efforts reach Whitney

This week I travelled to St. Martin of Tours Catholic School to see its new playground. It was cold. Later I would drive home in a blizzard, but what I saw at the opening ceremony would keep me warm.

Too many questions

By Nate Smelle SINCE FIRST LEARNING OF the Proposed Freymond Quarry a few weeks back it has felt like I am back in school. Doing ...

Happy Halloween from This Week

It’s just about that time of year again. Eleven-year-olds are dying their hair. Parents are buying animal print cotton onesies for their one-year-olds. The teens who turned out of their preteens this year, who probably shouldn’t be trick-or-treating anymore, are taking after those of us who used masks to do it until we were pushing 15 — guilty. Must be Halloween.

Helping volunteers help

A major Bancroft event is now up in the air. Bancroft’s BIA decided at its June 1 meeting to withdraw from future involvement with Wheels, Water and Wings (WWW). At its July meeting, reported to council this month, they recommended that a new “third party” to take it over, and organize other town festive events as well, in the other seasons of the year. Councillor Mary Kavanagh, the town’s BIA rep, asked that council discuss how to proceed from here; Mayor Bernice Jenkins promised that it would be on the next meeting agenda.

Raising awareness of child abuse

You might have noticed people wearing purple this month — here’s why.

Lay it on the line

By Nate Smelle NO MATTER WHAT assignment it was that I reported on over the last few weeks, the talk around town has been revolved ...

Revitalize area tourism as a priority

I’m up on the Eagles Nest. It’s a spectacularly warm and sunny September afternoon. Tourists visiting from Oshawa ask that I give them some directions. They are up here for two weeks of rest and relaxation, and want to know about the local restaurants, coffee shops, and such.

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