Bancroft Minor Hockey and other user groups of the North Hastings Community Centre are using ice in Highlands East while the town awaits the installation of a new cooling plant.
A staff report recommends non-Bancroft-residents pay a $200 user fee rather than the previously proposed $600 for ice time at North Hastings Community Centre next season.
Town of Bancroft council will not go ahead with a budget amendment to alter user fees at the North Hastings Community Centre, and will instead establish a dedicated committee to discuss user fees for the upcoming season at the arena.
A group opposing the federal government’s proposed high-speed rail project has released preliminary survey results showing significant opposition among municipal election candidates in Eastern Ontario.
Officials at the community cupboard say food bank and meal program numbers are continually climbing and they need support to keep up with ever-growing needs.
