Police warn of holiday scams
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special/Staff) – ‘Tis the season for shopping and, it seems, scamming.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police are reminding the public to be wary of attempts to defraud them of cash during the holiday season.Among the current scams they identify is an email offer claiming to be from
School bus fire:
Stock Transportation Ltd. buses burned in weekend fireSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY — Four school buses parked at the Haileybury Stock Transportation Ltd. parking lot caught fire in the early morning hours of Sunday, December 14. No one was hurt and no students were aboard the buses at the
Reviewing 2014
Thornloe makes road investmentTHORNLOE (Staff) – Thornloe invested more than $30,000 in roads within the village in 2014.It also paid $16,400 for Ontario Provincial Police service – that cost is anticipated to rise to $17,800 in 2015.Its 2014 allocation from the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund, the
Police seek public’s help to find teen
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Police are seeking the public’s help to locate a 15-year-old they describe as a runaway.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say they are concerned for the well-being of Havin Peddie and need to verify her safety.She’s described as white, four feet nine inches in height,
Equal access sought for side-by-sides and two-ups
DISTRICT (Staff) -- Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof has introduced a private member’s bill calling on the provincial government to allow side-by-side and two-up off-road vehicles to be driven on the shoulders of provincial highways.The amendment to the legislation governing off-road vehicles would provide drivers of side-by-side and two-up
Reviewing 2014
Borgford Bridge reconstruction big project for KernsDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter KERNS TOWNSHIP -- For Kerns Township, the 2014 year has been focused on the reconstruction of the Borgford Bridge on Maybrook Road.At the beginning of December, the project was approaching completion.Kerns
SUPPORT
Two Temiskaming Shores Fire Department firefighters lean on each other for support as they pour water on the flames of the Glenn Walton Shoes building roof last Saturday. (Staff photo by Sue Nielsen)
CMHA, employees returning to bargaining
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TIMMINS – The region’s Canadian Mental Health Association and its employees will be back at the bargaining table later this month in an effort to reach a new contract.A one-day bargaining session, assisted by a conciliator, is set for December 16.Ontario Public Service
Latchford residents facing drug charges
LATCHFORD (Staff) – Two Latchford residents face drug charges after the seizure of prescription painkillers last week.Police said the two – a man and woman, each aged 46 – were arrested after a Latchford home was searched November 19.They have each been charged with five counts of
Dialysis pioneer dies
SUDBURY (Special) – A physician described as a pioneer in dialysis treatment in Northeastern Ontario has died.Health Sciences North in Sudbury announced that William Fay died November 14 at the age of 72.Prior to Dr. Fay’s introduction of the dialysis program to Sudbury in 1973, patients suffering