Final Art in the Park August 24HAILEYBURY (Staff) — New Liskeard native and award-winning musician Jamie Dupuis is set to perform the final Art in the Park event in Haileybury, Wednesday evening, August 24.The Temiskaming Art Gallery event will also have a great lineup of visual artists and craftspeople, antique

Ron Prefasi wins Temagami by-electionGordon Brock Speaker Editor TEMAGAMI – Former Temagami reeve and councillor Ron Prefasi will be returning to this municipality’s council table as a result of Thursday’s (August 18) by-election.In an unofficial tally, Mr. Prefasi defeated runner-up Paul Middleton by a 457 to 395 vote margin in a four-person

OPP SEEKS PUBLICS HELP IN SOLVING SUSPICIOUS FIREDISTRICT (Special-Staff) – Members of the Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are seeking information to help solve a suspicious fire which occurred at 32 Baker Street in the Town of Cobalt. On August 16 the Temiskaming OPP were called to assist the Cobalt

Voters to decide next municipal councillorGordon Brock Speaker Editor TEMAGAMI – Polls are open in Temagami from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today ,Thursday, August 18, as voters in that municipality have the opportunity to vote in an unprecedented by-election.The Temagami Public Library, located at 7 Lakeshore Drive, is the lone polling

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI — Missing kayaker, Peter Morgan, 67 year-old from Buffalo, New York, has been found.He was reported found Tuesday evening August 16 and is receiving medical attention.Mr. Morgan went missing after it was discovered he was four days overdue from returning from a backcountry trip in the Temagami

Family believes man may have deviated from planSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI — A 66 year-old Buffalo, New York man, traveling by kayak, is missing after he was reported four days over his estimated arrival date in the Temagami backcountry.Peter Morgan left Whitefish Bay on Saturday, August 6 and was supposed to

Kayaker missing in Temagami regionTEMAGAMI — A 66 year-old man, travelling by kayak, is missing after he was reported four days over his estimated arrival date in the Temagami backcountry.Peter Morgan left Whitefish Bay on Saturday, August 6 and hasn’t been seen or heard of since.He is four days past

Fire bans liftedDISTRICT (Staff) – Thanks to the recent rain and cooler temperatures in Temiskaming the municipal fire bans for Temiskaming Shores, Cobalt, Coleman and Latchford have been lifted today, Friday, August 12.They had been in place since Thursday, August 4.All open fires had been prohibited, includingrecreational fires and residential

Heat WarningNew Liskeard – TemagamiIssued at 15:27 Monday 08 August 2016Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are expected to be very warm and increasingly humid. Daytime high temperatures between 29 and 32 Celsius are forecast each day, with overnight lows between 18 and 21 Celsius. Cooler temperatures are then forecast for Friday.

Northeast region forest fire updateSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Hot, dry and humid conditions have created the perfect scenario for forest fires in the Northeast region of Ontario, which includes South Temiskaming.The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) say the North Bay 32 fire, located 12.5 kilometers west of Latchford,