TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – Temiskaming Hospital’s cafeteria will reopen this fall, almost four years after cost-cutting prompted its closure.The hospital’s board approved a business plan for the restoration of the cafeteria, which will serve both staff and the public, on May 22.In a news release, the hospital said the cafeteria
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Attempted truck theft under investigation
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – Police say they’re stepping up patrols on the Lake Temagami Access Road as they investigate an attempt to steal a parked truck.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police report the truck had been parked on the road between May 14 and 16.When the owner returned to his vehicle, he observed
Cobalt council to review remunerations
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt council will be considering the remuneration council members receive.At council's Tuesday, May 22, meeting, Mayor Tina Sartoretto suggested council should look at the remuneration amounts before the next council takes office."We never wanted to look at the stipends for ourselves," she said.But she added that
Local family gets devastating news
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Jenn Tonkin of Cobalt was eight months pregnant, expecting her second child, when she was rushed by ambulance to the Temiskaming Hospital while suffering severe pain.She was immediately transferred to a Sudbury hospital where an emergency C-section was performed.Her baby boy, Aiden Marcus, was delivered
LGBTQ students seeking allies and “normalization”
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter NEW LISKEARD - The Spectrum Alliance at Timiskaming District Secondary School is a group of students who provide support and friendship to teens who have identified as LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer), and also seek allies in the school and the larger community.Two years ago the group
Students helping students get footwear
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - Grade 9 English Academic students at Englehart High School are putting their best feet forward.The class has initiated a project encouraging people to bring in their unneeded shoes or boots if the footwear might be suitable for someone else to use.The project, called If The Shoe
Canadian Tire rolls into expansion
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – After months of construction, an expanded Canadian Tire store overlooking Highway 11 officially unveiled the results earlier this month.The community has deserved an enhanced store for years, said owner Jeff Levy.“It was time,” said Levy during an interview as shoppers surged through the new quarters
Musical fundraiser for Vicky Pineau
Timiskaming District Secondary School is hosting a benefit concert and silent auction in the cafeteria tonight, Wednesday, May 30 at 7:00 pm as a fundraiser for Vicky Pineau, who must undergo a double lung transplant. The concert will mostly showcase students from TDSS with some support from SoundChek Music’s
Co-op proposed for Cobalt’s Hoist Room
no picDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - A group of people are working to establish a co-op for Cobalt's Hoist Room, and to move the gym to a new location and take over its management.Cobalt resident Angela Hunter made a presentation to Cobalt council Tuesday, May 22, outlining work that has taken
Meet-the-candidates night a two-man show
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Timiskaming-Cochrane’s first meet-the-candidates night was a friendly match-up.Only two political hopefuls – incumbent John Vanthof of the New Democratic Party (NDP) and challenger Shawn Poirier of the Northern Ontario Party (NOP) – were at the May 22 session at Riverside Place.Prior to taking to the