Bossio announces $50,000 for Bancroft Village Playhouse

March 16, 2017

MP for Hastings-Lennox and Addington Mike Bossio announced March 14 that the Village Playhouse will benefit from $50,000 in federal infrastructure funding to improve their kitchen facilities. He made the announcement on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development and minister responsible for FedDev Ontario.

Fatal fentanyl reaches Hastings Prince Edward

Illegal fentanyl has been identified in Hastings and Prince Edward counties. Hastings Prince Edward Public Health has released that fentanyl and other illicit drugs containing it have been found in and around the region. The health unit is warning that the drug could increase the rate of fatal overdoses.

Good Food Market in Bancroft first Thursday

The Good Food Market has arrived in Bancroft. What is a Good Food Market? It is a market that sells fresh high quality fruits and ...

Bossio forming rural caucus

Mike Bossio, the newly elected representative for Hastings – Lennox and Addington federal riding, left, with Wollaston Township council and staff Nov. 17 during council ...

Sewing wizard helps you be whoever you want to be

When Joyce Lapenskie hangs her wash, you just never know who might come waltzing out on the line.

Public meets, discusses fear of wastewater hikes

A report on public concerns and ideas for Bancroft’s doubled wastewater rates is being developed.

Tiny Houses could come to North Hastings

Have you ever heard of a “Tiny House”? The idea appears to have become a North American phenomenon, and according to at least one website “you have to be living under a rock if you haven’t heard of them.”

MPP calls hydro plan ‘expensive scheme’

The Ontario government is predicting electricity bills will drop by 25 per cent on average for all residential customers.

Wollaston gets response from Hydro One

It didn’t take Hydro One long in responding to Wollaston Township’s letter requesting that “they not spray Garlon RTU, or a similar herbicide, within the township boundaries, including township road allowances and township property, for the maintenance of hydro line corridors.”

Bancroft drafts tax parameters

By Tony Pearson Bancroft town council’s finance and growth committee wrestled last week with a number of conflicting objectives. On the one hand, they want ...

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