Power outages impact thousands

January 12, 2017

By Sarah Sobanski More than 5,000 Bancroft and surrounding area Hydro One customers were left in the dark because of winter storms. Between Jan. 4 ...

Wollaston discusses future of fire department; library board has inaugural meeting

Wollaston Township council has appointed Jason Post as interim fire chief.

David McIntosh: Painting the Figure

By Nate Smelle The official opening of local artist David McIntosh’s exhibit, Painting the Figure brought together a large crowd at the Art Gallery of ...

Boardwalk showcasing Bancroft in a whole new way

By Nate Smelle Since construction of the Bancroft Boardwalk began in the Spring of 2012 a team of volunteers, private investors and members of the ...

Bancroft Council debates appropriate conduct

By Tony Pearson A Facebook posting by Bancroft Councillor Bill Kilpatrick prompted a lot of pushback at last week’s meeting of Bancroft’s Committee of the ...

EORN wants to improve Internet

The Eastern Ontario Regional Network has announced it wants provincial and federal governments to support a $200 million project to bring Internet access to the region.

Bancroft schools placed under lockdown after report of man with a long-gun firearm in the area

At approximately 10 a.m. this morning (Sept. 30) the Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police received a report of a man walking on Monck ...

Community mourns the loss of three murdered women

By Nate Smelle Residents of Wilno and the surrounding area are in mourning after three local women were shot dead on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The ...

Public draws blood at All-Candidates debate

By Tony Pearson Some called it spirited; others called it mean-spirited. Bancroft’s all-candidates debate last week drew a crowd, and many in the crowd obviously ...

Town reviews 2016, plans for ’17

Bancroft’s chief officials feel that council and staff accomplished a lot in 2016. They all noted however that the water and wastewater crisis remains to be solved.

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