Police respond to Cobalt council concernsDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Ontario Provincial Police Temiskaming detachment Inspector Dan Dawson has advised officers to use lights and sirens when travelling at speed through Cobalt.Inspector Dawson said he met with Cobalt Mayor Tina Sartoretto Monday morning, April
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Health Check
Four-year-old Brynley and her mother Tara-Leigh Muraska took a break from the teddy bear picnic to give a plush friend a quick check-up. It was all part of the fun when the Haileybury Early Years Centre paid a visit to the Temiskaming Art Gallery on the weekend for stories,
Cold hard facts
Cobalt outlines challenges of maintaining arenaDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- About 40 members of the public came out to learn more about the challenges the Town of Cobalt is facing in keeping the Cobalt arena operational.A Cobalt arena review informational meeting was held at the
Three facing drug charges
COLEMAN (Staff) – Three Haileybury residents face drug-related charges after police stopped a vehicle in Coleman Township.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say an officer stopped a vehicle on Portage Bay Road shortly after 6 p.m. April 14.The driver, a 27-year-old man from Haileybury, and a passenger, a 25-year-old
Vandalism in Englehart’s Centennial Park
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- Six lampposts in Englehart’s Centennial Park were recently vandalized and the town now faces the expense of replacing the posts in the park.The vandalism was noticed Sunday evening, April 12, says town clerk Sue Renaud.She said the town had to shut
Refinery facility, president fined $625,000
COLEMAN (Special) – A Coleman waste disposal facility and its president have been fined a total of $625,000 for failure to comply with a court order to clean up the site and remove waste materials to a licensed facility.The Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change said
City fails to make connection
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city has been sidelined from a revived initiative providing funding for municipal roads connecting to provincial highways.Temiskaming Shores is not among the 77 municipalities eligible for the new Connecting Links program announced last week.Expected to start in the spring
From the editor’s desk
The Name[caption id="attachment_1019" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Editor - Gordon Brock[/caption]This Saturday marks the 46th annual Walkathon for Community Living Temiskaming South.In some ways the event can be looked at as a sort of rite of passage for
Letter of the Week
Warning lights to save livesDear Editor:If you’ve ever travelled on Bass Lake Road or attended the Bass Lake Resort, you will know what I’m talking about.Railroad Crossing Safety is an issue on Bass Lake Road.Safety is a concern at this crossing due to the
Letter to the Editor
Liberal Privatization of Hydro ONE Will Not Work for Northern OntarioDear Editor:Recently, Premier Kathleen Wynne announced that the Liberal Government plans to sell the Hydro ONE distribution system to help pay for her Government’s transit construction plans. The announcement was intentionally made outside of