JUNOs like a Cinderella night

April 13, 2017

Bancroft’s MusiCounts Teacher of the Year is back from the JUNOs.

Next week last chance to get vaccinated

More than 1,000 students in Hastings and Prince Edward counties need to get vaccinated.

Man dies in house fire

Just after 4 a.m. April 8, local OPP and emergency services were dispatched to a structure fire on Kamaniskeg Lake Road in Hastings Highlands.

Wild meat event returns in a new way

The Fish and Game Club will be hosting its first wild meat social. In place of their annual wild game dinner, the social will be held.

Rural Mayors’ Forum of Eastern Ontario created

Faced with common needs and common problems, the mayors and reeves of 13 small rural municipalities have joined forces, creating a Rural Mayors’ Forum of ...

The Next Generation Leahy to kick-off the holiday season

Live Celtic music, step-dancing and more cute kids than you could ever wish for will fill the stage of the Bancroft Village Playhouse on Dec. ...

Council debates what constitutes a farm animal

Wollaston council grappled with the question of the implications of amending their zoning bylaw, which prohibits livestock or hobby farm use on lots currently zoned as rural residential, and comprising less than 15 acres. The question was raised at a previous meeting by Councillor Dave Naulls who questioned where the line is drawn between what is livestock, and what would be considered as a pet. For example, he noted, pot belly pigs, a pony, or even a few chickens could be considered as pets with an amendment to the current bylaw. In other council news; New community development co-ordinator; Voting methods to be updated; Recorded meetings.