Northdale Manor status on city agendaDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The tax-free status of a New Liskeard retirement home is coming to the city council table next month.City staff have said the value of the tax write-off this year is $93,000.Northdale Manor, a 70-unit retirement
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Deer hunters fined
NORTH BAY (Special) – A Cobalt man was among three deer hunters fined in connection with violations late last year.The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources reports that court was told that a conservation officer visited a trio’s hunt camp in Nipissing Township on November 8, 2013.
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Four solar projects in Cobalt this year
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- The Town of Cobalt is planning the installation of four solar power projects.Two will be on the town’s decommissioned landfill sites in Coleman Township. One will be on the town’s sewage lagoon site in Cobalt. And one will be at Sharpe Lake in
From the Editor’s Desk
CBC sports eraAs the Stanley Cup playoffs are underway, we’re in the process of watching the end of an era in public broadcasting in this country.As most television viewers know the CBC lost the rights for telecasting National Hockey League games when Rogers Communications Inc. purchased for $5.2
Moose hunting
Moose hunters will be further impacted by tightening restrictions.The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has announced it will be reducing adult moose tags it will be distributing this year. In the Kirkland Lake wildlife management unit encompassing Temiskaming Shores, Englehart, Kirkland Lake and Matheson, the number of adult
Bad rationale
Dear Editor:I was saddened and horrified this past week to learn the CRTC (Canadian Radio and Television Commisson) denied the application for a broadcasting license intended for commercial FM radio station in Cobalt. I was saddened because I was looking forward to the option of having a local
Englehart considering recycling options
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- Englehart council and staff are weighing their options now as they await the decision of the Cochrane-Temiskaming Waste Management Board regarding its future.The Cochrane-Temiskaming Waste Management Board has been picking up recyclables from area municipalities over the past several years and then finding
City finalizing recycling details
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – As the city prepares for a bigger and better recycling program, public education is expected to be key.Education “is going to be a valuable tool” in increasing the diversion of waste from the city’s landfill, said Temiskaming Shores public works director Doug
Cobalt cracking down on trailer park arrears
COBALT (Staff) -- Cobalt is getting ready to seriously go after residents of the Cobalt Trailer Park who are six months in arrears or more.At the town’s regular meeting Tuesday, April 8, Cobalt chief administrative officer Candice Bedard read a resolution for council to consider for steps to
Evanturel considers future of recycling
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter EVANTUREL TOWNSHIP -- Evanturel Township, like some other area municipalities, is waiting to hear what plan the Cochrane-Temiskaming Waste Management Board will develop as a result of the departure of Temiskaming Shores from the board later this year.Temiskaming Shores, as the major contributor to the