Traffic complaint leads to impaired charge
TEMAGAMI (Staff) — A traffic complaint on Highway 11 has led to a driver being charged with multiple offences, among them an impaired driving charge. Police say shortly …
New Cobalt mayor calls for respect and decorum
Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter COBALT – Angela Adshead took over the position of mayor at the May 16 meeting of Cobalt council. She ran for the position in …
Albert Street contract awarded
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Over the next two construction seasons, Albert Street will get a $4.5 million facelift above and below ground. Temiskaming Stores has awarded the …
Law library dedicated in memory of late justice
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A library room with a view has been renamed in honour of a judge who was an advocate for, and a user of, …
Airport hopes to land more funding
Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter EARLTON – The Earlton-Timiskaming Regional Airport Authority has put forward a request to the provincial government to help fund the airport’s operational …
Metis self-government agreement concerns FN leaders
Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter TEMAGAMI – Teme-Augama Anishnabai and Temagami First Nation leaders have joined their voices with other Ontario chiefs calling upon the federal government …
Cobalt’s new mayor will be a former councillor
Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter COBALT – Angela Adshead will be sworn in as Cobalt’s mayor at its May 16 council meeting. Adshead placed second in the race for …
Body of missing snowmobiler found
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The body of a snowmobiler reported missing almost two months ago was found last week in Temiskaming Shores in Lake Temiskaming. Temiskaming OPP report that human …
Outbreak prompts hospital visitor restrictions
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Visitor restrictions are back as Temiskaming Hospital deals with another COVID-19 outbreak. The outbreak was declared April 28 after two or more in-patients …
Coleman temporarily turns off the taps on wastewater project
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter COLEMAN TOWNSHIP — Wastewater collection facilities are regulated in the district of Temiskaming, and this has prompted Coleman Township to pause the installation of a shower …