Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — A Haileybury man is dead after being struck by a motor vehicle on Lakeshore Road near Moore’s Cove during the noon hour on Monday, January 11.According to a press release from the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, Rejean Lajoie,
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Winter woes
After people in Temiskaming were lulled by a greener, warm December, January arrived with a wallop as a winter storm pelted the region this past Sunday, January 10 bringing heavy snowfall, high winds and freezing temperatures. Marcel Chartrand is pictured the next day clearing snow from a driveway on
Driving conditions – January 10 storm was challenging, says MTO spokesperson
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- Roads throughout the region Sunday, January 10, were very treacherous as the first serious winter storm of the year raged.A broken Nipigon Bridge and a Highway 11 closure from Kapuskasing to Kirkland Lake, enforced by the Ontario Provincial Police due to weather
Bird info taking flight in Christmas counts
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="10934,10932"]HILLIARDTON -– At the Hilliardton Marsh, visitors may have been humming The Twelve Days of Christmas – but with a twist.Rather than swans a-swimming, French hens and the proverbial partridge in a pear tree, young birders were spotting chickadees, grosbeaks, and blue jays.
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FATAL SCENE
This is a photo of the scene of a fatal pedestrian motor vehicle collision which occurred on Highway 11 B near Moore’s Cove during the noon hour on Monday, January 11. Haileybury resident, 65 year-old Rejean Lajoie died after being struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross Lakeshore
OPP phone survey
Police seek feedback on satisfaction level in Northeastern OntarioSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Do you have an opinion about the service level the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) delivers to your community?The Northeast Region OPP would like to hear your feedback through a Community Satisfaction Survey (CSS),
BRAVING IT
Visibility was poor and cold weather was descending with a heavy snowfall taking place Sunday, January 10. Many people stayed off the roads as poor conditions prevailed, but at least one person on Whitewood Avenue in New Liskeard was braving it on a bicycle. (Staff photo by Darlene Wroe)
Winter storm hits Temiskaming
Road closures, school bus cancellations result of snow and coldSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Winter arrived with a wallop this past weekend as high winds, freezing cold temperatures and between 15 and 20 centimetres of snow fell across the District of Temiskaming causing highway closures, school
Questions raised by the storm
Challenging storm conditions Sunday, January 10, made many roads dangerous for driving on, and even impassable.Both the IMOS crew contracted by the provincial government to maintain area highways, and municipal crews for towns and townships, were hard taxed to keep the roads open.Crews were
Home of my heart
[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe[/caption]The trail was hard-packed with many footprints, some human and some not.Trees creaked as their tall trunks waved leafless in the cold winter air.
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