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By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A mural by local artist Arne Roosman, which depicts the history of ...
By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Bancroft Gem and Mineral Club is holding its annual Gem and Mineral ...
By Chris Houston Bancroft Community Transit’s Gwen Coish has invited Ontario Premier Doug Ford to visit Bancroft. In an ...
By Nate Smelle As heatwaves scorch southern Ontario, wildfires rage across Canada and the United States, and catastrophic flooding claims hundreds of lives in Texas, we find ourselves once again ...
The Bancroft chapter of 100+ Women Who Care is calling for new members in 2023 to help give local charitable non-profit organizations a boost in funds. To-date the local chapter has already raised ...
The entire North Hastings High School got involved with this year’s Indigenous Day. The School’s Wolf Pack organized the event and celebrated different aspects of different Indigenous cultures through ...
Bancroft Brewing Company is moving into the old McCaskie building in downtown Bancroft, but the road to get there has been anything but easy. Bancroft This Week sat down with the owner and operator ...
By Nate Smelle Nearly four decades have passed since the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation [formerly known as the Algonquins of Golden Lake] submitted a land claim to the Government of Canada in ...
Bancroft This Week has been looking at various local community organizations that benefit from United Way Hastings Prince Edward’s support over the past couple of weeks. This week, we look at another ...
Hastings County council has officially approved the purchase of a property in Bancroft to serve as the new location for the town’s warming centre. The decision was confirmed during a county council ...
By Nate Smelle With the sun shining and the fish biting the 3rd Annual Baptiste Lake Pike Tournament was again a big success for the fishing community on Baptiste Lake. Anglers participating in thi… ...
By Bill Kilpatrick On April 9 the government of Ontario announced that on May 1 they were adding 169 municipalities to the current 47 municipalities who have been granted strong mayor powers. Two of ...