Skating club ends season with British rock extravaganza

April 13, 2016

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.”

Coe Hill Legion honours Harold and Joan Nash

By Jim Eadie Royal Canadian Legion Branch 581 Coe Hill held a special volunteer appreciation dinner on the evening of May 3 which saw more ...

Croft Talk discusses religion

A minister, a Jew, and an atheist walked in to the Village Playhouse ….

Bancroft performers to headline in Haliburton

Oliver! is among the most successful musicals ever, having played long runs on the London and Broadway stage, before becoming an Academy Award winning movie. Based on Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist, it tells the story of a young lad thrown into the slums and workhouses of Victorian England, and of his eventual salvation.

Local student honoured as ‘beacon of hope’

yan Jenkins, a student at Our Lady of Mercy elementary school in Bancroft, was honoured at a special luncheon held by the Algonquin-Lakeshore Catholic School Board. He and student Julia Yakabuski of St. Martin of Tours School in Whitney, were declared “beacons of hope.”