Community comes to the fore for Friends for Dinner

November 5, 2024

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Calling the past two weeks of Friends for Dinner “truly amazing,” organizer Kevin Taylor cited many donations they ...

The rewards and challenges of fostering animals

By Bill Kilpatrick In part two of Bancroft This Week’s series on Home Again we sat down with some local foster parents to hear about ...

Tudor and Cashel Trunk or Treat so good it was scary

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tudor and Cashel Township had their annual Trunk or Treat in the parking lot of the township community ...

Bancroft OPP costs jump by 20 per cent

By Bill Kilpatrick Bancroft is among a growing number of municipalities that are seeing their OPP billing statements rise by double digit percentages. At the ...

Working together to help the unhoused

By Bill Kilpatrick On Oct. 24 over 30 members of the faith community in Bancroft, along with community leaders, social service workers, and concerned citizens ...

Home Again giving back to community

By Bill Kilpatrick Christine Walker, the president of the board for Home Again, the local volunteer agency that rescues and rehomes cats and dogs, sat ...

Art Helps builds more than natural structures

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Art Helps: Connecting with Natural Materials-Plants, built more than a natural structure on Oct. 19 on the ...

Wollaston violated municipal act, says Ombudsman

By Bill Kilpatrick Paul Dubé, the Ombudsman of Ontario, has concluded that Wollaston Township has violated the Municipal Act regarding the section that governs closed ...

Local nurse receives prestigious award

By Bill Kilpatrick Former North Hastings resident and Nurse Practitioner Clarissa Townsend has always felt a calling to work with people. It was this drive ...

Group exploring mobile washroom for local unhoused community

By Bill Kilpatrick Last year shortly after Christmas before the warming centre arrived in Bancroft, local volunteer Larry Edgar, was delivering food to some members ...

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