Home Hardware starts a new chapter in its 50 year history

March 30, 2021

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 ...

North Hastings Public Library launches ‘Mystery Bags’ initiative

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter North Hastings Public Library unveiled a new initiative on their Facebook page on March 9 called “Mystery Bags.” ...

Free Ontario Park passes now available at local libraries

By Chris Drost Libraries across the province, including those close to home, the North Hastings Public Library, Hastings Highlands Public Library, Wollaston Public Library and ...

COVID-19 pandemic one year later

By Nate Smelle Thursday, March 11 marked exactly one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Since then, more than 120,100,000 ...

Rockhound Gemboree cancelled for second year

By Kristena Schutt-Moore The Town of Bancroft has announced that the Rockhound Gemboree will be cancelled this year due to COVID-19. It is unknown if ...