Police Blotter
Cottage break-in HARRIS – Police are seeking the public’s help in finding the culprit or culprits behind a break-in at a Marter Township cottage earlier this month. Temiskaming OPP say …
Board ONE live-streaming meetings
TIMMINS (Staff) – The public can now tune in to meetings of the region’s English public school board. District School Board Ontario North East began live-streaming its regular meetings on …
City planning for winter
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Winter may not be welcomed by all, but it is inevitable. Temiskaming Shores council recently approved plans to maintain roads and sidewalks during the months of …
Area leaders want local rep on ONTC
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT – Area officials are backing a call for the provincial government to appoint a local representative to the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC). The need …
Town may order properties to be cleaned up
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT – Cobalt town representatives are considering measures to force a handful of property owners to clean up their properties. At Cobalt’s committee-of-the-whole meeting Tuesday, October …

Ceremony dedicates Herbert-Shea arena
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – A crowd of close to 200 well-wishers and supporters, friends and family took part in a special ceremony on Thanksgiving weekend. The Haileybury …
Interest expressed in reopening Firefighters Museum
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT – Cobalt council has received an expression of interest from Shannie Christo in reopening and managing the Cobalt Northern Ontario Firefighters Museum. The museum, located …
Seniors’ housing complex moving forward
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A 68-unit seniors’ apartment complex in Dymond is closer to starting construction. Temiskaming Shores council has agreed to guarantee a $2.1 million mortgage …
Tentative deal averts CUPE school strike
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It was status quo at schools across Ontario on Monday after a tentative deal was reached with some 55,000 support workers late Sunday …
Cobalt working to win approval of wetlands
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT – The Town of Cobalt and Story Environmental are planning on collecting data from the outflow of the town’s constructed wetland, and taking some other …