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Province and and high school educator’ union reach deal to continue contract negotiations

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High school students in Ontario probably won’t see their fall semester interrupted by a teacher’s strike. The Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation’s bargaining unit presidents and negotiators have agreed to...

Search for ‘Denis’ enters ninth day with no sign

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There is still no sign of a 75-year-old man missing near Hermon. Known only as “Denis”, he was last seen in the Bulpit Lake area off Stringer Road nine...

Limerick, Tudor and Cashel, Wollaston Townships declare total fire ban

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A total fire ban has been declared for the Townships of Limerick, Tudor and Cashel and Wollaston. Because of the large amount of blowdown in the forest from the Dericho...

Ontario to raise minimum wage in October

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The province announced the hourly rate will increase to $16.55 an hour.  That represents a 6.8 per cent pay raise meaning someone working 40 hours a week will see...

Power outages in North Hastings

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UPDATE #2 Friday, December 23rd 12:55 pm: Just over 8,000 Hydro One customers are without power in the North Hastings area.  The outages stretch from Apsley through to Birds Creek...

Education Support Workers accept new collective agreement with Ontario

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The vast majority of the province’s education support workers have voted in favour of a new collective agreement with the province. CUPE says a record 76 per cent of its...

No strike at schools on Monday, students will be in class

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It came down to the wire but students will be in school tomorrow.  The Canadian Union of Public Employees, which has 55,000 education workers as members, has reached a...

Union representing education workers files another strike notice for Monday

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The union representing 55,000 education workers has given strike notice again.  This time it is for Monday, November 21st.  The Canadian Union of Public Employees says talks have broken...

Masks will not be mandated but recommended in Ontario, gas tax reduction extended another year

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There will be no mask mandate in Ontario. At an announcement Sunday morning, Premier Doug Ford says Dr. Kieran Moore...

Some services restored in Rogers’ outage but no firm time for full restoration after 18 hours

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After almost 18 hours of an outage, some Rogers customers are starting to see wireless service restored. In a statement,...

Rogers “aware of problem”, gives no indication of when service will be restored

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Millions of Rogers customers Canada-wide are still without service. The telecom company says all of their cell service, landlines, internet,...

Ontario government caps rent increases at 2.5 per cent for 2023

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Renters in Ontario won’t see their monthly rent payments soar as high as inflation.  The government has capped rent...

Tornado watch issued, Environment Canada warns of possible dangerous storms

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A tornado watch is in effect for the entire listening region. Environment Canada says conditions are favourable for the development...

Bancroft could see largest home price drop in Ontario; report

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What went up must come down.  That’s the findings of the Canadian Residential Real Estate Outlook report from Desjardins...

Havelock Jamboree cancelled for 2022

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Bad news for country music fans.  Organizers of the Havelock Jamboree have officially pulled the plug on this year’s...

Ontario PC party wins landslide majority, NDP and Liberal leaders resign

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It’s a historic night in Ontario. Ontarians have voted in a majority government for Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservative...
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Big haul of illegal cannabis plants from property in Madoc

OPP
Police say 663 illegal cannabis plants were seized Oct. 7.

Voting is underway in Bancroft municipal election

Town of Bancroft
The Town of Bancroft says eligible voters can vote before election day by phone or online.

Stay-in-Canada option leads Alberta referendum results

National
Alberta voters overwhelmingly favoured staying in Canada in preliminary referendum results early Tuesday.

110 bags of food, cash donations collected at ‘Cram the Cruiser’

Community
Central Hastings OPP Auxiliary Unit teamed up with Madoc Foodland for the food drive.

Youth are finding friendship, support and success at local wellness hub

Community
Some access mental health and social supports, others are looking for friendship and someone to hang out with.
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