Cobalt facing tight budget and need for fire truck
Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter COBALT – Cobalt council is looking at the possibility of purchasing a new fire truck by entering a ten- or fifteen-year loan. …
Radiothon dials in $31,500 for Temiskaming Hospital
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — It was the 10th annual and it took only 10 hours for the Temiskaming Hospital Foundation’s on-air Radiothon to raise an …
FedNor funds Temagami economic development officer position
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI — Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Anthony Rota announced a FedNor investment of $270,00 to support community economic and business growth in Temagami at the newly renovated Temagami …
Four charged with drug trafficking
COLEMAN (Staff) – Four people were charged with drug trafficking after police seized an estimated $63,500 in suspected fentanyl and cocaine last week. Temiskaming OPP say officers responded to a …
Province urged to declare gender-based violence an epidemic
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – Temiskaming municipal leaders have called on the province to declare gender-based violence and intimate partner violence an epidemic. It follows a move by the …
ROMA conference hears out rural Ontario issues
Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A wide range of issues affecting rural Ontario municipalities were brought forward for discussion at the annual conference of the Rural …
Police appealing to public for info on 40-year-old murder
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The Ontario Provincial Police are seeking the public’s help in solving the murder of a woman 40 years ago. Barbara Chapman was found dead in her …
BRH emerg visits up 24 per cent in 2022-23
KIRKLAND LAKE (Special/Staff) – Emergency department visits to Blanche River Health’s sites in Kirkland Lake and Englehart were up 24 per cent last year. In its annual report, BRH said …
Regional training blazing new courses
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Offering training close to home has warmed some local firefighting hearts. The Temiskaming Shores Fire Department hosted its first session as …
NL tops city in water breaks
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – If it seems like there were a lot of water breaks in the city last year, there were. Temiskaming Shores experienced a total of …