Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – After more than four weeks on the picket line, faculty at Ontario’s 24 colleges are voting on the latest offer by the College Employer Council.Voting on-line or by telephone began November 14 and will continue until 10 a.m. tomorrow (November 16).The vote was ordered by

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - The Town of Cobalt and the Township of Coleman will be partnering for the repair of the Larose bridge.The historic bridge has developed some cracked beams and other issues, and the work is required to maintain its safety.Cobalt chief administrative officer Michelle Larose said the work

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A variety of drugs and firearms have been seized from a New Liskeard residence.Search of the home on Lakeshore Road followed the arrest of two New Liskeard residents late last month near Kirkland Lake.A 46-year-old man and a woman, also 46, each face a long list

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter SUDBURY – The recent blood donor clinic in Temiskaming Shores fell short of its goal by 46 units.Halloween may have slowed traffic at the clinic, said Joanne Drake, territory manager with Canadian Blood Services, in an email.The goal for day one of the clinic October 31 was 96

NORTH BAY (Staff/Special) – A Temiskaming Shores resident will offer input on how to improve the experience of health care patients in the Northeast.Charlotte Lavictoire has been named to the North East Local Health Integration Network’s first patient and family advisory committee.Lavictoire, a retired teacher and artist whose community involvement

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A committee pushing for a pilot project testing a new road design on Highway 11 hopes to meet with Ministry of Transportation officials next month.The GEMS committee – Going the Extra Mile for Safety – is also trying to broaden support for the so-called “2-plus-1”

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The price of admission to board the bright yellow school bus parked in front of English Catholic Central School (ECCS) in New Liskeard is a token, but it isn’t a typical bus token, it is a non-perishable food item.Students in Grade Four and up are

TORONTO (Staff/Special) – Homegrown flour, honey and cheese from Temiskaming will treat a Royal audience.Temiskaming products will be among those from more than 50 Northern Ontario enterprises at a regional pavilion at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto.More than 320,000 visitors are expected to take in the 95th edition

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A proposal to amalgamate Ontario’s 36 public health units into 14 regional entities isn’t the right prescription, says the chair of the Timiskaming Board of Health.Carman Kidd, who is also mayor of Temiskaming Shores, doesn’t consider amalgamation a practical model.Kidd said it’s difficult now to