Ceremony opens Temagami healing space
Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter TEMAGAMI – The Temagami Family Health Team recently held the official opening of its healing, reflection and smudging space. The gazebo has …
Mammogram self-referral eligibility lowered to age 40
DISTRICT (Staff) – The district’s hospitals say they’re ready to screen more people for breast cancer as the age for self-referral for mammograms is lowered to 40. Mammograms …
McBride receives Charles III Coronation Medal
Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter NOTRE-DAME-DU-NORD, QUEBEC – Carol McBride, past chief of Timiskaming First Nation, and the outgoing president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, …
Cobalt council resolves to tighten belt
Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter COBALT – Cobalt council and staff plan to conduct a service review in the near future. Auditor Danielle Girard of Kemp, Elliot and Blair …
Brantford area child dies after rabies contact
Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter GOWGANDA/BRANTFORD – A Brantford area child has died after contracting rabies. The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit Acting Medical Officer of Health Dr. Malcolm Lock commented …
City turning to ’22 election to fill council vacancy
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – City council is returning to the 2022 election results for a new councillor to fill a vacant seat for the two years that …
Additional charges laid in Charlton shooting
CHARLTON-DACK (Staff) – Additional charges have been laid following a shooting incident in Charlton. On September 23, shortly before 5 a.m., members from the Temiskaming Detachment of the …
Study continues into glyphosate spill area
Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter LATCHFORD – Additional soil and water were removed September 24-30 from a forest site where a glyphosate spill occurred September 10. Aerial-spraying …
NEW LISKEARD COLLISION
No children were on a school bus that was involved in a collision last week with a car on Lakeshore Road North in New Liskeard. The collision occurred September …
Melanie Ethier case remains unsolved after 28 years
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — It is a heavy burden to carry. A New Liskeard teenager has been missing for 28 years and her mother still …
