Cobalt man facing multiple charges
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A 26-year-old man from Cobalt faces numerous charges after police responded to a report of a barricaded person. Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police report that …
Stunt driving charge laid
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – A Trenton man has been charged with stunt driving after police stopped a vehicle on Highway 11 in Temagami earlier this week. Temiskaming Ontario Provincial …
Area water levels under scrutiny
DISTRICT (Staff/Special) – Significant rainfall, combined with the snowmelt on the Ottawa River watershed, will see water levels on Lake Temiskaming, and all along the Ottawa River, well above normal …
New call for lower speed limit around St-Michel
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Efforts to slow highway traffic in the vicinity of École catholique St-Michel are continuing. Temiskaming Shores council is petitioning the Ministry of Transportation …
Northern hockey celebrates its centenary
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor DISTRICT – Most AGMs are staid affairs, but the NOHA is making a few exciting addendums to theirs this weekend. The Northern Ontario Hockey Association (NOHA) …
Temiskaming Shores finalizes budget
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city will have to borrow less this year than it had anticipated, thanks largely to the deferral of a big project, reduced spending on others, and provincial cuts that were less deep than expected.Temiskaming Shores council put the finishing touches on its 2019 budget
Unknowns remain in health restructuring: THU
DISTRICT (Staff) - Changes to public health in Ontario were announced in the April 11 budget, with upwards of $200 million to be cut from the local public health system by 2021-2022 and proposed changes to the provincial-municipal cost sharing of public health funding.“Although we have some concerns about the
Englehart Ag Society can access arena
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - The Englehart and District Agricultural Society will be allowed to use the main floor of the Englehart and Area Community Arena Complex for the Englehart Fall Fair in September.At the Englehart council’s committee-of-the-whole meeting,
Truck driver charged
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The driver of a tractor-trailer involved in a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 11 last week has been charged with careless driving.Police say occupants of the two passenger vehicles involved in the April 9 collision, which occurred at North Quarry Road north of New Liskeard,
Detoured traffic speeding through villages
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter EARLTON/THORNLOE - Earlton and Thornloe sometimes see traffic rerouted through their communities when an accident has occurred on Highway 11.But the reeves of Armstrong Township and the Village of Thornloe are concerned about the increased