• Looming temporary closure of L’Amable Post Office has customers worried 

    Looming temporary closure of L’Amable Post Office has customers worried 
    The closure of a L’Amable post office at the end of this week has some Bancroft residents worried about declining mail service and the impacts that will have.  
    A motion in the agenda for Bancroft council’s Tuesday meeting calls on Canada Post to re-consider the move. A a social media post by a L’Amable business owner Talal Al Hamad has also rallied some to voice opposition.  
    Al Hamad says he uses the post office to send dozens of packages almost daily for his
  • Lakefield man fined for unsafe duck hunting - mybancroftnow.com

    Lakefield man fined for unsafe duck hunting - mybancroftnow.com
    Lakefield man fined for unsafe duck hunting  mybancroftnow.com
  • Lakefield man fined for unsafe duck hunting  

    Lakefield man fined for unsafe duck hunting  
    Ontario is cracking down on unsafe and illegal hunting.  
    The Ministry of Natural Resources announced that a Lakefield man pleaded guilty to carelessly shooting a gun while hunting and trespassing on Crown Land 
    The man received $5,500 in fines and a five-year licence suspension. He must also complete a hunter education course. 
    According to MNR, a Peterborough court heard that an altercation took place between the man and another group of hunters on October 1st. He then fir

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