Honouring VON week in Canada

May 27, 2016

“The Victorian Order of Nurses has been serving Canadians for 119 years,” said district executive director, Lori Cooper, “and locally we will celebrate our centennial ...

Five-time Grammy award winner comes to Coe Hill

By Jim Eadie There were a lot of very talented and some high ranking individuals who attended Warriors’ Day at Coe Hill on the Labour ...

Status quo continues for South of 60

More than 250 people were in attendance for a special meeting of council at the Paul J. Yakabuski Community Centre, on Wednesday, May 18, where the primary order of business was the fate of the South of 60 Arts Centre.

Bancroft council pushes for more provincial funding

By Tony Pearson The Bancroft town council didn’t withdraw from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) – but it plans to send AMO a ...

Pool coming to Bear Ridge Campground

By Jim Eadie It has been a long drawn out process, but at the May 10 regular meeting of Wollaston Township council, Traci and Jay ...

Fun times at Bird’s Creek PS

Last week, blessed with gorgeous weather, Bird’s Creek Public School held its annual Fun Fair.

Emerald Hills housing wants to scale back

By Tony Pearson When the developers of the proposed Emerald Hills housing project first came to Bancroft Council, they had large plans involving the old ...

Federal infrastructure funding for rural areas

Mike Bossio, MP for Hastings-Lennox and Addington, on behalf of Hon. Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, announced changes made to the New Building ...

Al Purdy documentary at Bancroft Playhouse

From a desire to tell the story of the campaign to save the ramshackle A-Frame where renowned poet Al Purdy found his voice, Maclean’s film ...

North Hastings choir goes full-on spring

The flowers were definitely in bloom at the Bancroft Village Playhouse on Saturday evening, as the North Hastings Community Choir gave full-voiced celebration to spring with an invitation to one and all to “Come to My Garden.”

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