Marion Bowers: an Indigenous baseball trailblazer

June 24, 2021

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter For National Indigenous History Month, Bancroft This Week is highlighting an Indigenous woman from South Algonquin Township who ...

First annual Spirit of Inclusion Award goes to Maynooth student

By Chris Drost On the afternoon of June 14, in the school yard at Maynooth Public School, graduating grade 6 student Jorja Layland, was presented ...

MNRF seeks public input regarding proposed Centre Lake development

By Nate Smelle The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s Bancroft district office is calling on members of the community to comment on a proposed ...

Springer’s Beyond Mortal: Stewards of Gaia out now

By Kristena Schutt-Moore A new science fiction book is about to hit the book shelves. Local author Troy Springer has released her first book of ...

Turtle nesting season underway in North Hastings

By Nate Smelle Currently, seven of Ontario’s eight species of turtles are listed under the Ontario Endangered Species Act, 2007 as species at-risk. This is ...

New owners at Bancroft Ridge Golf Club have plans in full swing

By Chris Drost At ages 26 and 25 respectively, Nicholas and Rebecca Neal, the new owners of the Bancroft Ridge Golf Club, are the two ...

Whitney Pharmacy updates its vaccine supply and rollout

By Mike RileyLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter On June 1, Mitul Pavagadhi, the owner and pharmacist at the Whitney Pharmacy in Whitney, provided an update on ...

South Algonquin memorial garden honours the 215 Indigenous children

By Mike RileyLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter Holly Hayes, the former CAO of South Algonquin Township, has set up a memorial garden in Galeairy Lake Memorial ...

Bodies of 215 children found at former residential school a reminder of cultural genocide in Canada

By Nate Smelle Since 2009 Canadians have celebrated the month of June as National Indigenous History Month. This year, however, instead of celebrating the unique ...

Schools to remain closed until at least September

By Nate Smelle In acknowledgement of the “substantial deterioration of mental health status among children and youth” during the pandemic, the Ontario Science Advisory Table ...

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