Last week, the City of Temiskaming Shores considered a first draft of its 2018 budget and there were two items that were of particular interest.Our story reported that “the city is receiving $2 million less from the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund than it did 10 years ago.”It was noted by

One of the advantages of growing older, if you’re lucky, is the accumulation of more knowledge.Accessing that knowledge, however, can sometimes be frustrating or downright impossible.All those words you’ve read over the years are still in your noggin, the trouble can come trying to access the right one at the

By Diane JohnstonIt’s not that I don’t like Christmas.But there’s something offensive about seeing the Thanksgiving knick-knacks fighting for store space with Santas, reindeer and those ugly elves on shelves.It’s not a new trend, as retailers try to get the jump on big-occasion shopping.School supplies begin showing up in July.

News on the local and provincial fronts concerning transportation shows lots of movement behind the scenes.It’s movement that will affect current riders and possible future passengers.On the local front, Temiskaming Shores council has voted in favour of a 25-cent increase for adult and senior/student fares for bus service through the

By Steven LarocqueThis is my first column after my last vacation break of the year. It was a little later in the calendar than when I usually take one, but it was fine nonetheless.I like to call my holidays radical vacations.Not because I travel or go whale watching or do

Thumbs down to school strikes.Whatever the argument, whoever’s right (if anyone ever is more so than the other), there’s only one loser and that’s the student body.The current college strike is especially troublesome because you’re talking about (mostly) young adults who are spending their own money, or taking on