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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At their Feb. 4 council meeting, Faraday Township council endorsed the forthcoming Alto high speed rail corridor coming soon which will link Toronto, Peterborough, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City, ...

By Michael Riley, Local Journalism Initiative reporter Maggie’s Resource Centre and Tamarack group hosted a self defence class put on by Fighting Griffin North on March 26. Shelly Finigan with ...

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 ...

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 ...

Watersheds Canada, in association with several local lake associations, deployed brush bundles on several lakes during what they called “fish week” last week, the first time they did multiple programs ...

The last major road salt shortage occurred in 2018/19 and was the result of a strike by 350 Unifor Local 16-O members at the Compass Minerals salt mine in Goderich Ontario. The strike occurred over ...

By Michael Riley, Local Journalism Initiative reporter Kristen and Jon from Everlily Maples Farms. /SUBMITTED, Everylily ...