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Art exhibit looks at hockey as part of our heritage

March 3, 2015

By Sara Valsoney On Feb. 28 through Apr. 11 at the South of 60 Art Centre in the Railway Station in Barry’s Bay the exhibit ...

Reverend swims hard for community

Rev. Lynn Watson is swimming to raise money for local churches and Social Justice Without Borders (SJWB).

North Hastings a ‘world-class’ snowmobiling destination, say riders

By Nate Smelle When the temperature dips to 26 degrees below freezing, many of us head indoors to nestle up by the fire. This isn’t ...

Seniors contact service looking for volunteers

By Tony Pearson Trudy Edwards is a very sociable person. But her socializing isn’t just the normal exchange of news or gossip with friends and ...

Sustainability an important ingredient to chocolatier

By Harold Eastman “It was an accident.” This revelation about the beginnings of Shaun Sellers’ chocolate business comes as a bit of a surprise. If ...

‘If you see it for yourself … you believe it’

For a child to be able to hold a real live little fish in his or her hand, look into its eyes, feel the scales, feel it wiggle and see the absolute beauty in nature right up close is not an opportunity a surprising number of youth have ever experienced. Twenty locally connected Wollaston youth aged nine to 12 attended the fourth annual award winning Wollaston Young Stewards Environmental camp this past week, and it was surprising how many had never caught a fish before.

Disconcerted residents question Hastings Highlands council

While Hastings Highlands chambers were packed with ratepayers seeking answers, curbside garbage collection failed to appear on the agenda, on Wednesday, July 20.

Town cleaning up parks

The Town of Bancroft is working on a new clean up initiative to keep needles out of our public spaces and parks.

Local filmmakers take Bancroft to big screen at Film Festival

Look out world – Bancroft hits the big screen this month at the Belleville Downtown International Documentary Film Festival! Now in its fourth year, ‘DocFest,’ ...

Airport wants to become more active in the community

Bancroft Community Airport (BCA) has a new airport manager and he’s looking to raise awareness in the community.

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