COVID-19 vaccinations underway in South Algonquin

March 31, 2021

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In a press release issued on March 22, the Renfrew County and District public health gave an update ...

Overdose deaths on the rise in North Hastings

By Nate Smelle Over the past year, the vast majority of the human population has spent most of its time social distancing from others to ...

Reflections on getting the vaccination

By Chris Drost I have been vaccinated against a variety of diseases throughout my life, but never before did I feel the same gratitude I ...

Director of education discusses school board’s response to COVID-19

By Nate Smelle Over the past year Ontario’s education system has undergone several fundamental changes in an attempt to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 ...

Bancroft hospital fund receives $5,000

By Chris Drost The Boyer Family Charitable Fund has made a generous $5,000 donation to the Quinte Health Care North Hastings Hospital. “This donation will ...

Home Hardware starts a new chapter in its 50 year history

By Kristena Schutt-Moore Bancroft Home Hardware, also known as Wade’s by many people due to the fact that the Wade family has managed the store ...

Ringing in hope

By Chris Drost Since the beginning of the pandemic, the bell at St. Paul’s United Church has been rung almost every evening at 6 p.m. ...

UPDATE: Suspect arrested after attempted murder of OPP member

Early Sunday morning around 4:30 a.m. the Ontario Provincial Police issued an Amber Alert to warn the public of an armed and dangerous man at ...

Amber Alert issued after OPP member stabbed near Foxboro

By Nate Smelle Early Sunday morning around 4:30 a.m. the Ontario Provincial Police issued an Amber Alert to warn the public of an armed and ...

History of green beer on St. Patrick’s Day

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter St. Patrick’s Day has a lot of symbols attached to it like shamrocks, leprechauns, green clothing and eating ...

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