The smile cookie campaign starts this week and goes until May 5 at both Tim Hortons locations in Bancroft.   The campaign is one of three annual fundraisers for North Hastings Hospital Auxiliary.  This year's goal is to raise enough funds to cover a replacement stretcher, a new SMART bed and a...

Bancroft OPP charged one person with impaired driving  in Bancroft over the weekend.  On April 27, shortly after 12:30 a.m., officers stopped a vehicle while conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E) stop.  The investigation resulted in the driver's arrest. A Campbellford resident is charged with operation while impaired and failure to...

Earlier this month the Frozen Forces youth, their siblings and parents joined forces with the Bancroft Ontario Provincial Police detachment for some spring cleaning. Participants collected 24 bags of garbage from parts of Hwy 28, Canadian Tire and South Baptiste Lake Road locations.     According to organizers, although the weather...

The Bancroft Area Stewardship Council is hard at work sorting for their tree and shrub program today. Volunteers, BASC members and high school students from the Northern Environmental Development Program (NERDS) are getting the bundles ready ahead of tomorrow's pick up day. BASC chair Ian Hendry says it's a busy time right now. “Today's the day we...

The Beer Store is closing in Barry’s Bay and many people aren’t happy about it.  We spoke to several area residents who said they were surprised to hear about the closure of the only beer store for 60 km. While Beer store employees told My Bancroft Now that they were unable...

Wild turkey hunting season began on April 25 and goes until May 31. Ontario Fish and Wildlife is reminding everyone that hunters may only harvest bearded birds and only one per day. The legal shooting time is a half hour before sunrise to 7 p.m. Also, hunters may harvest two birds maximum...