Rising case count spurs hospital restrictions
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – As COVID-19 cases rise in the district, Temiskaming Hospital is restricting visitors, reinstating the mandatory use of eye protection, and making vaccinations mandatory for …
Raising the flag to end gender-based violence
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART — It takes the strength and awareness of entire communities to end gender-based violence. Officials from The City of Temiskaming Shores along with …
Some restrictions return amid record case numbers
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – As of noon November 23, Temiskaming had 61 active COVID-19 cases – the most since the pandemic was declared 20 months ago. Another …
Children’s vaccine clinics to start next week
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Temiskaming parents of kids aged five to 11 can circle January 29 on their calendar. That’s when the Timiskaming Health Unit will begin …
Bikers Reunion sees value in funding endoscopy eye machine
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The Bikers Reunion organizing committee has made its third funding announcement of the year, seeing immense value for the community in funding an …
New communities raising concerns
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT – Area municipalities are expressing concerns about new communities that are being developed in unincorporated townships in the region. Charlton-Dack Reeve Merrill Bond raised the …
Bikers Reunion donates $104,000 to Cancer Care
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The Bikers Reunion may have ended in 2016, but the organization keeps on giving back to the Temiskaming region. On November 10, Bikers …
Police Blotter
Impaired charges TEMISKAMING SHORES – A Cobalt man has been charged after a vehicle was reported to have struck a Haileybury residence in the early morning hours. Temiskaming OPP report …
Bird reunited with fellow travellers in Cobalt
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter COBALT — Two Cobalters successfully rescued a trumpeter swan cygnet that had become separated from its parents and two other cygnets on a pond at the …
Cobalt looks for partnership on Heritage Silver Trail
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT – The Town of Cobalt has provided financial support of $1,300 to the Cobalt Historical Society to purchase insurance coverage for the Heritage Silver Trail. …