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 ...

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 ...

In his 1978 book entitled The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, Milan Kundera spoke about how to resist powerful forces through the simple act of remembering and preserving the past. He said “The ...

On the afternoon of July 3, the White Pine Writers group launched their latest book, Amethyst: Facts, Myths & Legends at the Hastings Highlands Public Library in Maynooth. Timed perfectly with the ...

When professional mixed martial arts fighter Cody Purtell opened Bancroft Boxing and Grappling in April of last year , he experienced a steep learning curve in terms of the ins and outs of owning a ...

The renovations have started at the former Club 580, now 168 Hastings Street, to convert it into a Child and Youth Hub. The building will provide several services for youth and families in the ...

WoodShare, a local organization that provides emergency firewood to those in need throughout North Hastings, are holding their first fundraising concert called Woodstack, a play on the 1969 Woodstock ...

The Town of Bancroft will soon have over 100 new homes, a mix of duplexes and townhouses, a hotel and senior citizen building complex, that will add to its growing number of much-needed residential ...

In honour of International Women’s Day that was celebrated on March 8, I want to take a look at the life of Rosa Luxemburg, the early twentieth century Polish socialist revolutionary. Given that there ...

The Carlow Mayo Snowman Building Contest organizer Erin Gabourie’s kids Evelyn (in the purple) and Owen (in the green/yellow), and their dog Todd with their snowman on Feb. 16. The contest is being ...

The recent announcement made by Premier Doug Ford that restaurants in many regions, including North Hastings, could open on June 12 for outdoor dining, set local restaurateurs into motion. Natasha and ...

…BUT MAGA AND anyone who supports them is. I wrote something similar on my Facebook page the other day after I heard about an incident that occurred in the United States when a Canadian was harassed ...