Traffic stop results in charges
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – A Powassan man faces charges after police stopped a vehicle they said was driving erratically near Temagami.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police report stopping a vehicle April 29 shortly before noon on Highway 11.Police charged a 37-year-old Powassan man with possession of marijuana for the purpose
MTO Digging out
Auditor general agrees - winter road maintenance declinedDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TORONTO -- The Ontario Minister of Transportation has promised a better winter highway maintenance plan, to be delivered within the next two months.The promise came after the Ontario auditor general reported that the provincial government’s
A dam site better
Latchford reconstruction project beginningDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_7809" align="alignleft" width="500"] The Latchford dam will be reconstructed in two phases during 2015 and 2016. (Staff photo by Darlene Wroe)[/caption]LATCHFORD
Former Timmins trustee rejoins board
TIMMINS (Staff/Special) – The region’s French Catholic school board has appointed former Timmins trustee Langis Dion to fill a vacant seat.The Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes Rivières selected the Timmins man as its new trustee last week.The vacancy was created when new trustee Marcel Pelchat
From the Editor’s Desk
Winter Highway MaintenanceA report by the Ontario Auditor General confirmed last week what many of us have long thought: winter highway maintenance has deteriorated since the provincial government began contracting out the work.“Over the past five years, winter highway maintenance service levels have declined
Curves Food Drive feeds the needy
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT —Curves wants to help people lose a few pounds… a few pounds of food that is during their annual food drive held from March 9 to March 31.This year’s food drive netted 1,300 pounds of donated food split evenly
Three facing drug charges
COLEMAN (Staff) – Three Haileybury residents face drug-related charges after police stopped a vehicle in Coleman Township.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say an officer stopped a vehicle on Portage Bay Road shortly after 6 p.m. April 14.The driver, a 27-year-old man from Haileybury, and a passenger, a 25-year-old
Vandalism in Englehart’s Centennial Park
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- Six lampposts in Englehart’s Centennial Park were recently vandalized and the town now faces the expense of replacing the posts in the park.The vandalism was noticed Sunday evening, April 12, says town clerk Sue Renaud.She said the town had to shut
Harvey Switzer
Veteran remembers being “moved around like flies”Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Harvey Switzer was 23 years old when life suddenly
Torpedoes to blackboards
Cecil Blackwell: Navy Seaman during WW II and educatorSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_7750" align="alignleft" width="234"] This is a photo of Navy seaman Cecil Blackwell,