North Cobalt water project beginning next weekDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Construction of a second water line serving North Cobalt will begin next week.Pedersen Construction is expected to begin the North Cobalt water stabilization project September 6.It will see the installation of a second water
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Highway 11B Closed
This photo is of a portion of Highway 11 B in Coleman Township, which is temporarily closed to through traffic for approximately eight consecutive days, from Monday, August 15 to Monday, August 22. Westbound traffic on Highway 11B is being detoured north through the communities of Cobalt and Haileybury,
Cobalt finds used plow/sander for fleet
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT — Cobalt council has approved the purchase of a 2003 Freightliner FL80 plow/sander to be added to its fleet.The used plow/sander will be used in conjunction with the town’s 2014 Kenworth plow/sander.At its regular meeting Tuesday, August 2, council approved the cost
$2.2 million project – Long-awaited North Cobalt water upgrade starts
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Installation of a second water line into North Cobalt is expected to begin after Labour Day weekend.The $2.2 million project is anticipated to be completed by the end of the year, said Doug Walsh, director of public works for Temiskaming Shores.
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Charging stations moving north
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Two publicly accessible charging stations for electric vehicles are slated to be installed in Temiskaming Shores by March 2017.They’re part of a wave of new stations announced by the province earlier this month.In a news release, the Ministry of Transportation
Upgrades coming to Haileybury water treatment hub
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city is investing $500,000 in upgrades at the Haileybury water treatment plant intended to improve communications and save money.Temiskaming Shores council approved the project July 5.Public works director Doug Walsh said the work is the third and final phase
“People are frustrated”
TMA expressing concern about provincial energy directionDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — At several venues wherever municipal representatives have been meeting in the past couple of weeks, there have been repeated concerns expressed about rising costs in the North, and the impacts on municipalities and on property
New Liskeard library getting new roof
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The New Liskeard library will be getting a new roof.The city had budgeted $30,000 for the project when it approved its capital budget late last year.But on Christmas Eve, a windstorm damaged the south and west sides. The cost will be covered by
City plotting ’16 hardtop maintenance
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – As the snow disappears, the road maintenance season is ready to start.Temiskaming Shores will spend a little more than $925,000 to maintain asphalt roadways this year.The lion’s share of the budget, at $660,000, is allocated to resurfacing a stretch of Lakeshore Road North
Saying “no” to Energy East
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – The proposed Energy East pipeline puts the drinking water of more than five million Canadians at risk, says a non-profit organization fighting the project.“There’s no possible way they can build a pipeline that will be safe enough for