Bancroft Council debates appropriate conduct

October 8, 2015

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.

Basil Borutski, identified as suspect in Wilno shootings

By Nate Smelle After finding Anastasia Kuzyk shot dead in a Wilno residence just before 9 a.m. police launched a manhunt throughout the Ottawa Valley ...

Journey continues for Heather Sararas

In May 2016, this newspaper carried the remarkable story of local social worker Heather Sararas, who was not searching, but to her joy accidentally found her birth mother. Sararas learned that at the age of four she was “scooped” from her mother during the now infamous ’60s Scoop of aboriginal children in Canada following the closure of most residential schools.