Bancroft residents have sent council a clear message about their expectations, concerns, and priorities heading into the 2026 municipal budget. At the Nov. 10 council meeting, municipal strategic ...

Hospice North Hastings had their inaugural 50/50 draw on June 2 and the big winner of $5,910 was Diane Martin of Bancroft. According to Hospice North Hastings board member Michael Brooks in a June 5 ...

By Bill Kilpatrick On Nov. 8 the Bancroft Village Playhouse, in conjunction with Tweed and Company, hosted the annual 24-hour ...

By Nate Smelle For the past five years, Vera Robinson has dedicated herself to organizing the Andrew Robinson Memorial Golf ...

By Nate Smelle Every year on November 11, Canadians stop what they’re doing—if only for a few minutes—to bow their heads, ...

By Nate Smelle Whenever I spend a significant amount of time in another community in Ontario, I always return home to Bancroft with a renewed sense of appreciation for what it is that makes this ...

It appears that enough Ontario voters showed up to hand Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservative Party a third majority government in the 2025 provincial election. It was just after 9 p.m. when it ...

THERE IS ALWAYS something in the news to worry about these days. I suppose this has been the case for as long as humans have been exploiting and killing one another for profit. Still, thanks to social ...

On June 5, the Ford government passed Bill-5, formally titled the Protecting Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act. While the bill is presented as a tool for economic acceleration, critics argue it ...

I was introduced to a new term the other day by historian Timothy Snyder and it’s called a sadopopulist. Yes, I can already hear some of the groans from people rolling their eyes at yet another term ...

Mayor Carolyn Amyotte voiced her frustration over the traffic backlog during a North Kawartha Township council meeting on Aug. 13. “An 18 kilometre stretch of traffic backed up is not acceptable at ...

After a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Algonquin Shrine Club is excited to announce the return of its Christmas Cake Sale. This annual fundraiser aims to support the Shriners ...