Bancroft news

• Hastings Highlands seeing increase in short-term rentals 

  29-11-2023 23:02
  
  The number of Hastings Highlands homes being advertised as short-term rentals jumped 40 per cent from 2020 to 2022. 
  That figure was shared in a report to the municipality’s council earlier this month, triggering a discussion on how the changing industry should be managed.  
  Mayor Tony Fitzgerald called the rise an “interesting conundrum”, while summarizing both the pros and cons that his councillors expressed.  
  One councillor noted a rise in ren
  
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• Back the Cat campaign will continue, as CT services phased in  

  29-11-2023 22:57
  
  Members of Bancroft’s health care community have been in a celebratory mood of late, with Monday’s arrival of a CT scanner at North Hastings Hospital. 
  But “the party won’t be long,” says Kim Bishop of the North Hastings Fund Development Committee.  
  Bishop, Chair of the Back the Cat campaign, which made the arrival possible, says she and fellow fundraisers plan to take a “deep dive” into their books to see how they can continue to suppor
  
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