A remote Cree community on the shores of James Bay has declared a state of emergency after its water treatment plant failed this week — a crisis residents say the federal government is responding to far too slowly.  Kashechewan First Nation, home to around 2,300 people alongside the Albany River in Ontario’s northern region, is […]

Barons-Eureka-Warner Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) is a dynamic, multi-municipal organization dedicated to enhancing the social well-being of individuals, families, and communities across its region. Guided by its mission to help residents live their full potential, BEW FCSS delivers vital programs and services, often at minimal or no cost, thanks to the support of […]

The Recall Nolan Dyck petition lead is raising concerns this week about access to public-facing space in city owned facilities.  Casey Klein, the applicant for the petition approved by Elections Alberta, says she has concerns about local governance after multiple requests to rent public-facing space were “denied, delayed, or left undocumented.” On Nov. 15, 2025 […]

From avian flu to diseases that kill off oysters and invasive pests decimating trees, Canada’s food safety agency is facing an ever-increasing list of challenges to its job performance that are multiplying with climate change. In a detailed statement to Canada’s National Observer, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) broke down exactly how climate change […]

Caledon resident Tony Sevelka’s days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months and now years since he started digging into the details of a proposed blasting mega-quarry steps away from his home.  His quest led him to file a freedom of information request this summer, seeking access to all public objections to the contentious project.  […]

Grand Erie Public Health was born on the first day of 2025, the result of months of merger talks between the health units that had overseen Haldimand-Norfolk and Brantford-Brant. A week later, as staff were still setting up their new email accounts, the measles virus appeared in the largely rural community southwest of Hamilton. That  […]

Hydroelectric dams on public lands are at growing risk of failure because the department responsible for them has no engineers, inadequate funding and no safety rules, an internal document warns. The document, obtained by Canada’s National Observer through an Access to Information and Privacy request, calls the state of affairs “unsustainable” at the Ministry for […]

According to Carrie McKenzie, the CEO/head librarian with the Carlow Mayo Public Library in Hermon, the library recently applied for and received a $20,000 Learning and Engagement Accelerator Fund grant from The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Company to put in new technology and STEM for the kids.  McKenzie comments to Bancroft This Week about this new […]

Oxford County is advising the public that personal and private information collected by some programs and services was compromised as part of the County’s cyber incident discovered in September 2025.  In a press release, the county said it has been conducting a comprehensive review of current and archived files and records to determine who was […]

Expense documents released by Brant’s Catholic school board — covering staff and trustee travel since 2022 — show most claims were standard and unremarkable, even as the board continues to grapple with the fallout of the much-publicized Italy art trip. Stemming from a trip in the summer of 2024, the board racked up close to […]

Brandon University has released a first-of-its-kind resource designed to make it easier for survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence in rural, remote and northern Manitoba to find help, no matter how far they live from major centres. The new Rural, Remote and Northern Manitoba Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Resource Guide brings crisis lines, […]

There are two new positions proposed in the 2026 budget: one in the Clerk’s department and one 30-hour/ week position in Recreation. Human Resources Kayla Best updated council on staffing levels. She showed numbers from the past three years, and also comparisons by department to two other unnamed municipalities. Southgate’s numbers were large, similar to […]