New Years with Yin and Yang

January 3, 2024

By Bill Kilpatrick THIS IS THE first end-of-year editorial that I’ve written and many topics have swirled around in my head. Do I write a ...

The sobering ghost of Christmas present

By Nate Smelle IF THERE IS one time of year when Canadians feel the crunch from the rising cost of living it is the holiday ...

The lingering ghosts of Christmases past

By Nate Smelle EACH YEAR, AS I am preparing content for the Christmas editions of our two local newspapers, I find myself digging deep into ...

The blind world

By Bill Kilpatrick I DONT’T KNOW how many times that I had to break up a fight between my kids after one of them came ...

Lest we forget again

By Nate Smelle Since King George V first urged all countries in the British Commonwealth to observe Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919, Canadians have ...

Religious rights versus human rights redux

By Bill Kilpatrick Spanish painter Francisco De Goya once said that, “The slumber of reason breeds monsters,” and at this point in time, reason, it ...

A waste of time

By Nate Smelle Over the past few months anyone who follows Bancroft This Week on Facebook will have noticed that the more than a decade ...

War: What is it good for?

By Nate Smelle Whether reading a newspaper, switching on the television, or logging into our social, everywhere we look for information we are reminded that ...

Turtles, butterflies, and common ground

By Nate Smelle BACK IN EARLY September, the Canadian Peace Museum announced their first Stories of Peace Award contest. In order to win this award, ...

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 ...

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