Snow coming
Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for the Temiskaming area at 4:52 a.m. today (Wed., Nov. 8).In the Temiskaming Shores and Temagami area, it advises that significant snow will develop overnight and into Thursday.Total snowfall up to 15 centimetres is expected with this system. The heaviest snow is expected
Search for missing man continues
KIRKLAND LAKE (Staff) – The search continues for a man last seen a week ago in the vicinity of Beaver Lake near Matachewan.Paul Yelland, 66, was last seen at about 12:30 p.m. October 23.On November 2, Kirkland Lake Ontario Provincial Police say the search has been expanded to include areas
Talks resume in college bargaining
TORONTO (Staff) – Bargaining resumes today in the contract dispute between Ontario college faculty and the College Employer Council.About 12,000 professors, instructors, counsellors and librarians at Ontario’s 24 publicly funded colleges have been on strike since October 16.They include about 70 full-time professors and almost 50 partial-load faculty at Northern
Teachers hear from child psychiatry expert
TIMMINS (Staff) – A child psychiatrist and advisor to the province on public education reform is speaking to District School Board Ontario North East teachers today.Jean Clinton is a clinical professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University in Hamilton.In the fall of 2014, she was
Donating blood a Halloween treat
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – What could be more fitting than donating blood on Halloween?Canadian Blood Services’ next blood donor clinic in New Liskeard opens October 31 and continues November 1.The target is 154 units of live-saving blood.Appointment times remain available on both days, said Amy Gravelle, event coordinator for Canadian
Police searching for missing man
KIRKLAND LAKE (Staff) – Police are requesting the public’s help to locate a missing man.Kirkland Lake Ontario Provincial Police are looking for 66-year-old Paul Yelland.Police say he was last seen around 12:30 p.m. October 23 in the vicinity of Beaver Lake near Matachewan.Yelland is described as six feet in height
Weather worry ended
Environment Canada ended its special weather statement for the Temiskaming Shores area at 5:12 a.m. today (Tues., Oct. 24). That statement, in effect since Sunday afternoon, had warned of heavy rainfall.
Heavy rainfall expected
Environment Canada issued the following special weather statement for the Kirkland Lake, Temiskaming Shores and Temagami area at 3:52 p.m. Sunday:Total rainfall amounts of 30 to 50 mm are expected by Tuesday morning.Rain is expected tonight and will persist into Tuesday. The heaviest rain is expected to fall Monday afternoon
Autumn Fest for family and fun
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART — The Englehart and Area Historical Museum will be presenting its Autumn Fest on Saturday, October 21.The family-oriented event will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and is being held as a fundraiser for a new elevator-lift for the museum.People will be able to enjoy a
Heavy rain forecast
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement predicting heavy rainfall in the Temiskaming area:“A soaker on tap for the upcoming weekend.“A low pressure system from Colorado is forecast to track northeast across the Great Lakes and Central Ontario into Quebec Saturday night and Sunday.“Latest computer models continue to show