Faraday considers waste site actions

April 14, 2016

By Tony Pearson Last week, Faraday township council heard from its engineer, Wayne Ingham of BluMetric Environmental, about what it could cost to renovate its ...

Highlands wilderness attracts Yukon musician

Yukon musician Kate Weekes enjoyed the Hastings Highlands over the weekend, with her visit culminating on Friday at the Arlington with a live performance of songs from her album Frost on Black Fur.

It was fish week in nerds

This week the NERDS really focused on fish! We started with a visit to White Lake Provincial Fish Culture Station, went as usual to our ...

Inspiration from the Wild opens at the AGB

By Bill Kilpatrick On May 30 the Art Gallery of Bancroft was proud to present an exhibit by June’s featured artist Maynooth resident Kevin Hockley. ...

Skating club ends season with British rock extravaganza

Some of us remembered the lace collar and frock coat worn by the young lad checking tickets at the door of the North Hastings arena on Saturday. We had seen them on Mick Jagger and Peter Noone when they first came to North America in the 1960s (and a special prize goes to those who remember who Peter Noone was, and can still remember who they are). Along with other “mod” costumes, it set the tone for the Bancroft Skating Club’s 2016 ice show – its 44th – entitled “British Invasion.”

If you have a big heart, you can do this

Tammy Woodcox says all you need to be a volunteer at Hospice North Hastings is a big heart. Photo by BARBARA SHAW Tammy Woodcox has ...

Medical marijuana facility proposed for North Hastings

By Jim Eadie Just as the Hastings county Director of Planning Brian McComb is undertaking some revisions to his draft plan for the county due ...

Volunteering: don’t wait to give back

We hear it every day that there are cutbacks here and cutbacks there. The reality of today is that agencies are relying more and more on the goodwill of volunteers. With our busy lives, it can be hard to find time to volunteer. However, the benefits of volunteering are enormous to you, your family and our North Hastings community. According to Statistics Canada, 47 per cent of the Canadian population volunteered in 2010. Each volunteer contributed an average of 156 hours!

Interesting lives, interesting artwork at Bancroft Gallery

Isn’t it interesting that the most remarkable artists always seem to have the most remarkable life stories? Such is the case with Olga Szaranski, who opened the April exhibition at the Art Gallery of Bancroft along with her daughter, Lucy Manley from Keene, Ont. Their show is entitled “Roadside Painters.”