City hopes to win additional provincial money for roads
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city hopes that the prospect of additional provincial funding for infrastructure can be invested in some roads.Under revised criteria for applications to the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF), Temiskaming Shores may apply for up to $1.47 million in top-up funding this year.On September 5,
Cobalt pleased about police presence
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Police have started conducting foot patrols through Cobalt, and the number of crimes and incidents have dropped in the past year, council heard at its committee-of-the-whole meeting Tuesday, September 5.The comment came after Councillor Sue Nielsen called for council to establish an office for police somewhere
Run time is Sunday for Terry Fox event
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – After a return of summer in the second week of September, the early forecast for Sunday’s Terry Fox Run may be more
Police investigating Hwy. 560 crash
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Police are appealing to the public for information about a single-vehicle collision that left one person injured.Shortly before 5 p.m. August 29, Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police responded to a collision on Hwy. 560 in Charlton-Dack.Police say a westbound car entered the eastbound lane, lost control and
Veley Road residents win call for transport help
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter HILLIARD – After a brief protest and police-assisted talks, some Hilliard Township residents say they’ll have access to improved transportation during construction to replace a bridge.“I’m totally satisfied. We got what we asked for a month ago,” said Mike Moore, a resident of Veley Road, yesterday afternoon (September
Fire levels barn and destroys livestock
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP — An afternoon fire on the long weekend levelled the Armstrong Township LauranLee Farms Ltd. barn and claimed the life of several dairy cattle.Firefighters from the Earlton-Armstrong Fire Department received the call at 1:16 p.m. Monday, September 4, according to fire chief André Robert in a
Paying tribute to heroes of the ’77 fire
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter COBALT – On a hot and windy day 40 years ago, a cigarette tossed into debris caused a fire that tore through Cobalt, leaving more than 400 people homeless.The Victoria Day fire of 1977 “changed the face of Cobalt forever,” said Kendra Lacarte, a director on the Cobalt
Body of missing North Cobalt man found
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Investigation continues into the death of a North Cobalt man whose body was found late last week.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say the body of Bruce Hardy, 69, was located at about 2:50 p.m. August 26.Police say Hardy had last been seen August 23 at his home.
701 shelter construction “getting close”
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - Steps are continuing toward the construction of a shelter for the refurbished 701 steam engine in Englehart."We're getting very close" to the construction phase of the project, says 701 Restoration Group chair Bud Colquhoun.To date $110,000 has been raised for the shelter project, said Colquhoun in
Hospital Foundation hires first manager
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The Temiskaming Hospital Foundation and its Care Close to Home fundraising campaign now have new administrative resources.Isabelle Lacroix-Breton began her part-time post as the foundation’s first manager last week.The foundation, which funds the purchase of new equipment for the hospital, is “crucial,” said Lacroix-Breton.“It’s so