Evanturel emerging from November flames
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter EVANTUREL TOWNSHIP - Evanturel Township has started the rebuilding process after a November 11 fire destroyed its municipal building, several vehicles for road maintenance and office equipment.Reeve Derek Mundle said the township has rented a grader which they may eventually purchase.The township is also getting a new pickup
Chamberlain site searched
TORONTO (Special) – A Chamberlain Township location was one of three searched during a human trafficking investigation headed by the Toronto Police Service.As a result of the investigation, Toronto police say a 31-year-old Milton man faces multiple charges.In a news release, police allege a man forced two women to work
VICTIM IDENTIFIED
A North Bay man was the victim of a fiery fatal crash December 11 involving a cube van and a tractor-trailer on Highway 11 north of Englehart. Kevin Chenier, 30, was identified December 14 with the assistance of the Office of the Chief Coroner - Ontario Forensic Pathology Service in
Snow removal challenges in Cobalt
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - The first few snowfalls of the season are challenging Cobalt which is facing a staff shortage in public works due to an illness.Cobalt Mayor George Othmer expressed confidence in the public works department."The guys are doing
Push for Hwy. 11 pilot project driving ahead
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – The push is accelerating for a pilot project that would road-test a new design in hopes of making Highway 11 safer.Advocates are pleased by the response to date from provincial officials for the "2-plus-1" model, said Mark Wilson, a member of the executive of GEMS –
Firearms, drug charges laid
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A Notre-Dame-du-Nord woman faces drug and firearms charges after police responded to a complaint about a suspicious vehicle last week.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police said they located the vehicle in the Timiskaming Square parking lot shortly after 7 p.m. November 27.Police said there were three occupants in
Driver charged for failing to stop for school bus
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A Temiskaming Shores man has been charged after police say a vehicle failed to stop last week for a school bus picking up children.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say they were informed that an eastbound vehicle on McCamus Avenue in New Liskeard did not stop for a
Hwy. 11 collision causes fuel spill
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter CHAMBERLAIN – A driver has been charged after a collision on Highway 11 north of Englehart earlier this week that caused a fuel spill.The November 26 collision involved two tractor-trailers.Police were called to the crash, which occurred between Road 4 and Road 5 in Chamberlain Township, shortly after
Postal service resumes with back-to-work legislation
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter KIRKLAND LAKE – Regular postal service was to resume at noon yesterday (November 27) with the passage of federal legislation turning the dispute between Canada Post and its employees over to a mediator-arbitrator.Bill C-29 received Royal Assent late November 26.It brought an end to more than a month
Evanturel awaiting response on ONTC dispute
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter EVANTUREL TOWNSHIP - Evanturel Township is awaiting responses in the matter of a dispute between the small municipality of 447 people and the ONTC.The dispute involves invoices to the township from the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) since December 2015, which now amount to approximately $67,000.Premier Doug Ford,