By Bill Kilpatrick Sitting with my mother over the Christmas holidays chatting about current events, she paused, as we were talking about President Donald Trump’s erratic behaviour, and tears ...
By Bill Kilpatrick On Jan. 2 the Art Gallery of Bancroft held an opening reception for their first feature artist of 2026 ...
AS TIME PASSES, we humans tend to become more fixated on finding answers to difficult questions. Often the older we get, the deeper and more challenging these queries become. Like curious children ...
Bancroft residents from all walks of life set aside their differences March 25 to support one woman who says she can't be their voice anymore — not alone. The result is a new committee, supported by ...
The agenda for the Dec. 9 Wollaston council meeting was a full one that included two delegations from Sarah Dunjko concerning her desire to start up a vendor/farmers market and board members of the ...
December 10, Human Rights Day, marks the end of the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence, and on that day Maggie’s Resource Centre of North Hastings will be posting information on their ...
The Ontario Living Wage Network has released its 2025 living wage calculations, and the findings illustrate how wages are not keeping pace with the rising cost of living across the province. This year ...
AT THIS POINT, it should come as no surprise to anyone living in Bancroft—or anywhere in Ontario, for that matter—that affordability has become one of the defining issues of our time. The Carney ...
Every year on November 11, Canadians stop what they’re doing—if only for a few minutes—to bow their heads, listen to the haunting notes of the “Last Post”, and remember those who have made the ...
Julius Ceasar made a choice to cross the river Rubicon on Jan 10, 49 B.C.E. effectively starting the Roman civil war. It was the beginning of the end for the Roman republic. Today the saying “crossing ...
For the past five years, Vera Robinson has dedicated herself to organizing the Andrew Robinson Memorial Golf Tournament, an event created to honour the memory of her son, Andrew Robinson, who ...
On Nov. 8 the Bancroft Village Playhouse, in conjunction with Tweed and Company, hosted the annual 24-hour theater project. The 24-hour theater project has been running for close to 25 years, and ...