
Ski Village to expand into year-round facility
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor DISTRICT – It takes a Village to raise a STORE. In a major funding announcement May 11, FedNor will provide a grant for $650,000 to the …
Lighting coming to Hwy. 11 intersection
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter THORNLOE – After years of lobbying, the Ministry of Transportation has agreed to shed light on a Highway 11 intersection. The ministry will install lighting at …
Drug charges laid
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Drugs with an estimated street value of $26,000 were seized at a Whitewood Avenue location in New Liskeard last week. A man and woman each face …

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