Old equipment builds bridges between past and present

February 18, 2016

In an age of phones that do everything but make you breakfast, it seems amazing that a roomful of tech-savvy kids would sit enraptured around century-old equipment that requires you to learn a language of dots and dashes.

Baptiste Lake legend re-told at Bancroft library

David and Kaitlyn drum at the Bancroft Public Library on Saturday, February 13, as part of First Nations Library week. Photo by LILY VANCE By ...

Midwives: providing full-spectrum care to expectant mothers

Local midwives Tiffany Holdsworth-Taylor and Rebecca Weeks celebrate with mother Meghan Brown as six-week-old Amelia announces that she is pleased as punch with the situation. ...

Fur harvesters in Faraday

Re-purposed pelt products, made in Fenelon Falls by furrier Anne Kulmala, were just some of the exciting products showcased at the Faraday Community Centre on Saturday. ...

CRA telephone fraud reported in Bancroft

In recent weeks the Bancroft detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police have received a number of reports of area residents receiving fraudulent telephone calls from ...

Disease carrying ticks less common up north

HKPR public health and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health spoke with Bancroft This Week to help get the North Hastings and its neighbouring public up to date on the area’s tick situation.

Find family and Indigenous heritage at museum

Bancroft North Hastings Heritage Museum is helping area locals reconnect with their family trees. Algonquin artifacts have also found a new home at the museum.

Residential break and enter in North Algona Wilberforce Twp

On Feb. 11 at approximately 3:27 p.m., Killaloe OPP Constable Jason Golds attended a residence on Mask Road in North Algona Wilberforce Twp. regarding a ...