Pointing the finger in Coe Hill

July 7, 2015

By Jim Eadie If the growing number of independent businesses in and around Coe Hill has their way, there should shortly be a sign installed ...

Former area paramedics chief running for PC MPP

Another familiar face has joined the race for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario nomination.

You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown opens at the Village Playhouse

By Tony Pearson The kite-eating tree, the little red-haired girl, Lucy the psychiatrist (“The doctor is in”), Snoopy versus the Red Baron – almost everyone ...

Highlands to appoint new councillor

The Municipality of Hastings Highlands Council has begun seeking a representative for Monteagle Ward.

NDP candidate meets with voters in Bancroft

By Nate Smelle With the federal election fast approaching candidates across Canada have been busy professing their passion for politics to the people. As the ...

Bancroft council learns of mystery emails

Last March, Deputy Mayor Paul Jenkins sent a private email to Progressive Waste Solutions, a for-profit waste disposal company, asking what price the town might get if it tried selling its waste site. Jenkins said such a sale might help bring down the deficit and debt which Bancroft continues to run up on its sewer operations.