City voters can call in – and click – for ’22 election
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – City voters won’t have to make the traditional trek to a polling location to cast their votes for Temiskaming Shores council and school …
Charges laid in December double fatality
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – The driver of a commercial vehicle has been charged three months after a fatal Highway 11 crash in Temagami that claimed two lives. A 41-year-old from Etobicoke …
Funding for Community Paramedicine
DISTRICT (Staff) – Community Paramedicine in Temiskaming is getting a big boost from the provincial government. The Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care is providing $2.5 million over two-and-a-half …
OPP warn of licence plate refund fraud
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Only days after the announcement that Ontario would be eliminating licence plate renewal fees and issuing refunds, a new scam has surfaced. Temiskaming OPP …
Hospital preparing to deal with surgical backlog
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Temiskaming Hospital’s CEO anticipates the hospital will be able to deal quickly with postponed surgeries, provided there are no changes in pandemic-related direction. …
Latest wave has not yet peaked in the North: acting MOH
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – While the latest COVID-19 wave is subsiding in Southern Ontario, it has not yet peaked in the North. “We have to be a …
DTSSAB takes moderate approach with 2022 levies
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT – Municipalities will be seeing an effective increase of 2.62 per cent in the amounts they must pay to DTSSAB for 2022. The increase would …
Haileybury Scotiabank branch shutting June 21
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The Scotiabank branch in Haileybury will close its doors in a little over four months. In a statement provided by Daniela Da Silva, …
Temagami sees increase in reserve funds
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI — At Temagami’s regularly scheduled council meeting February 10, financial results for the year 2021 revealed the municipality has put $365,933.30 in the town’s reserve …
Census finds population continuing to shrink
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter DISTRICT – Temiskaming’s population continues to shrink, according to the first batch of data from the 2021 census. General population numbers released last week found that …