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

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

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,

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,

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

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD - Latchford's complaints about worn out landlines has been heard by Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Anthony Rota.Rota's office has initiated inquiries with the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) "to find out what can be done to

ENGLEHART (Staff) – Police have confirmed the identity of the victim of a fatal house fire in Marter Township.Following a post-mortem April 1, the deceased was identified as 63-year-old Jayne Peekhaus.Police say the cause of the fire, which occurred March 28 on Day Mar Road northeast of

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART – Some area high school students will join province-wide protests this week of the Ontario government's plans for an education system overhaul.Student-led walkouts will be held at Englehart High and École secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie (ESCSM), beginning at 1:15 p.m. Thursday, April 4.A