By Nate Smelle Bancroft council recently received an update on the Baseball for Dad campaign from its founder, mental health advocate Louri Snider at their Oct. 9 meeting. During her presentation, ...

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On Oct. 6, the Gilmour Girls of Tudor and Cashel Township participated in this year’s CIBC Run/Walk for the Cure. This yearly fundraiser ...

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Faraday Community Centre had its very own Jurassic Park over the long holiday weekend, as the not-for-profit Indian River Reptile ...

By Bill Kilpatrick Last year shortly after Christmas before the warming centre arrived in Bancroft, local volunteer Larry Edgar, was delivering food to some members of the unhoused community who ...

By Bill Kilpatrick Former North Hastings resident and Nurse Practitioner Clarissa Townsend has always felt a calling to work with people. It was this drive and desire to make a difference in ...

By Nate Smelle When I first began reporting here in Bancroft in 2012 it was amid the rise of the Idle No More movement’s nationwide campaign to raise awareness of Indigenous issues and the Stephen ...

According to statistics on the Ontario Federation of ATV’s web page “Between 2016 and 2022, Ontario Provincial Police reported 151 deaths and over 1,500 injuries from ATV or side-by-side accidents, ...

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter School buses have not been running in Renfrew County for over a month as negotiations were stalled between the Renfrew County Joint ...

By Chris Houston In an interview on Oct. 6, local journalist Bill Kilpatrick spoke to Bancroft This Week about his recent “rollercoaster” health journey. After two cancer scares, Kilpatrick has ...