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Snowmobile collision sends one to hospital

January 26, 2016

On Jan. 21 at approximately 11:47 a.m., Killaloe OPP Constable Jordan Bullis responded to a single vehicle snowmobile collision on Dafoe Road, in Brudenell, Lyndoch ...

Seniors wary of BPL partnering

Members of Bancroft’s Seniors Club showed up at the June 13 meeting of council to express their disapproval with the idea of sharing Club 580 with Bancroft Public Library.

Project to mark farms for first responders

The project would place 9-1-1 markers at entrances of hard-to-find properties such as hunting camps and easy-to-miss trails such as farm fields without identifying buildings. The co-ordinates of these signs would be entered into emergency service databases.

Howran and Canadian team take silver at championship

By Tony Pearson For the second year in a row, the United States defeated Canada in overtime to win the Under-18 Women’s World Hockey Championship. ...

Bancroft watersheds at high risk

Bancroft sits on the border of two of the most threatened watersheds in the country. 

MP seeks community input for budget

By Tony Pearson Newly elected Member of Parliament Mike Bossio has hit the ground running in the new year. A directive from the Minister of ...

Bancroft council told of gardening success

By Tony Pearson In the midst of ongoing discussions about tax levels, revenue shortfalls, Internet connectivity problems, and policing costs, a ray of summer sunshine ...

Nagging worries about rural primary health care

By Jim Eadie There is a noticeable increase in the nervousness and frustration expressed by smaller municipalities to the flagging negotiations between the province’s doctors ...

Vehicle charging station dominates council discussion

By Jim Eadie If Wollaston Township council has their way, you may soon be able to charge your electric car at a charging station in ...

Cathy Jones set to bring laughs to Bancroft

Canadian cultural icon, comedienne and one of the funniest women on television, Cathy Jones is set to bring her one-woman show, Stranger to Hard Work, ...

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