WoodShare to hold first Woodstack Music Festival fundraiser

June 17, 2025

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 ...

Bill-5 disregards the environment and Indigenous rights

By Nate Smelle On June 5, the Ford government passed Bill-5, formally titled the Protecting Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act. While the bill is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

T-Hawks minor football team issued two-year suspension

By Bill Kilpatrick On May 25, Scott Giroux, the Commissioner for the Quinte Skyhawks Minor Football League, issued a decision to suspend the Bancroft T-Hawks ...

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 ...

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 ...

The end of a musical era at NHHS

By Bill Kilpatrick When music educator Dianne Winmill, formerly Garbutt, first arrived at North Hastings Highschool in 1995 to teach music, things were not looking ...