Four people have been honoured  for making the arrival of North Hasting Hospital’s new CT scanner possible.  Hospital manager Tammy Davis, head fundraiser Kim Bishop and physicians Parambir Keila and Peter McEnery were recognized at a Quinte Health board meeting held in Bancroft Tuesday.   They received the Values in Action award,...

As the holiday season approaches, Bancroft’s arts community is in a giving spirit.   Next month’s show at The Annex Gallery will be a fundraiser for Little Blue Cabins, a nonprofit that hopes to address homelessness.  The show will be called a Palette of Giving and will feature works from several local...

A CT scanner has arrived at North Hastings Hospital; the very scanner the community has been fundraising for.   Components of the machine (pictured) arrived, amid a snowstorm Monday.  The CT scanner has been the subject of North Hastings Fund Development Committee’s Back the Cat campaign.   Donations to that campaign are still being...

First up was Black Friday, then Cyber Monday. Next: Giving Tuesday.  A movement to make the Tuesday that follows the American Thanksgiving weekend a time to donate to charities continues.   Local groups are getting into the act, with partnerships.  For example, the United Way of Hastings & Prince Edward says individual donations...

Cash will soon flow to a Hastings Highlands dam.  Ontario has announced Baptiste Lake Dam will be reconstructed, so it can better protect the community from flooding.  The province is spending $22 million to reconstruct this dam and five others in the province.   The exact amount that will go to the Baptiste...

UPDATE: Sunday, Nov. 26, 9 a.m. The dust has settled on Bancroft’s rural roads, following The Rally of the Tall Pines and a familiar team took to the podium as the winner.   Jérôme Mailloux and co-driver Philippe Poirier formed the top team at Saturday’s event, which took place in front...