Latchford pursuing operation of control dam
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD - Latchford Mayor George Lefebvre says the goal of having the town take over the operation of the Latchford control dam is an "open topic" being discussed by the town and Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC).In a telephone interview Tuesday, October 3, he said the town
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Illegal fishing nets fines and probation
TEMAGAMI (Staff/Special) – After pleading guilty to possessing too many walleye, two people from the Peterborough area have been prohibited from fishing in the Temagami area for two years.The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry said that a conservation officer and two OPP officers conducted a joint marine patrol on
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City plow can loop into Cobalt
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt council is recommending that the City of Temiskaming Shores can send its plow trucks down to the Golden Age Club area on Argentite Street and loop back to Silver Street before heading northeast again back to Highway 11B. They will not be plowing, but will
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Englehart has “excellent financial health”
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - The Town of Englehart has received its official audit statement for 2016, and the summary is that the town "continues to enjoy excellent financial health."One of the recommendations that has been made to the town by Kemp Elliott and Blair, the town's auditor, is that "the
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Med school expanding roles
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Over the past 12 years, Northern Ontario’s medical school has a catalogue of good news stories.Ninety-four per cent of its graduates who went on to do post-graduate residencies in Northern Ontario are practising in the North.One-third of those are in smaller communities like Temiskaming Shores.But
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New Liskeard pipeline replacement underway
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Construction is expected to wrap up early next month on a pipeline replacement project in and around New Liskeard.Union Gas is replacing a four-inch diameter pipeline that brings natural gas into New Liskeard, said Andrea Stass, the company’s manager of external communications and media relations, in
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Crown land campers fined
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Too long a stay on Crown land cost five campers $5,000 in fines in two separate incidents.Over the past summer, conservation officers investigated complaints that people had been camping for extended periods of time on Crown land in the Lake Temagami area.Under the Public Lands Act,
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One injured in Hwy. 11 crash
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – One driver was injured in a collision between two tractor-trailers near Temagami last week.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police responded to the collision September 19 shortly after 6:35 a.m.Police say a northbound tractor-trailer collided with a southbound unit, sending both on to the southbound shoulder and into the ditch.Police
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EMS limiting non-urgent transfers
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - The Temiskaming ambulance service, along with the District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) which administers it, are taking a stand against excessive non-urgent patient transfer calls from the hospitals.The number of non-urgent patient transfers out of the district that the ambulance service is being
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Hot end to September in South Temiskaming
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT —South Temiskaming was enveloped in a heat wave not typically seen in the first few days of fall.After a cool, wet spring and summer, summertime temperatures arrived, albeit late.Environment Canada says it has so far been a dry, hot September with little rainfall and, according to Environment
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