COLEMAN TOWNSHIP (Staff) — The Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police report (OPP) a fatality occurred as a result of a motor vehicle collision on Highway 11 B, in Coleman Township, near Cobalt on Thursday, November 1, around 10:30 a.m.The police say the single motor

COBALT (Staff) – Drugs were seized and a woman was charged after police stopped a woman in Cobalt on the weekend.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say an officer observed a woman on Silver Street at about 7 p.m. November 4 who was wanted on an outstanding warrant.

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) — The Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) reported Tuesday, October 30, that 37-year-old Jeremy Bakhuis has been located deceased in Temiskaming Shores.Earlier reports say he was last seen on October 26, 2018.Police had issued a missing person’s bulletin

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD - Early discussions are now getting underway between the Town of Latchford and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) as the rehabilitation project for the Sergeant Aubrey Cosens Bridge approaches next July.Latchford Mayor George Lefebvre said town representatives will be meeting with the MTO project manager Thursday

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt has a new mayor-elect after incumbent Tina Sartoretto and challenger and past councillor Helene Culhane split the vote, leaving room for incumbent councillor and past mayor George Othmer to come up the middle to win the race.It was a long evening as candidates and their

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – An incumbent councillor will head Temagami's council as mayor for the next four-year term.Dan O'Mara received 623 votes, or just under half of the 1,261 votes cast in a four-way race for mayor.Biff Lowery, a former councillor, was a distant second, with 379 votes."I think we've

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART — Incumbent Nina Wallace has been re-elected for a fourth term as Englehart’s mayor, garnering 367 votes over challenger Gary Schaap who received 160 votes.Mayor Wallace said she looks forward to working with her new council, which she suggested has a good mix of youth and experience.“I

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART — Approximately 78 people gathered upstairs at the Englehart and Area Community Arena Complex on Wednesday, October 10, to meet face-to-face with their municipal council candidates for the October 22 election.The event was organized by local businesswoman Sally Cliff with Coleman Township councillor Lois Perry filling in

COLEMAN (Staff) – No one was injured when a float plane crashed in a Coleman Township lake on the weekend.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say the mishap occurred shortly after 10:30 a.m. October 13.Police say the pilot, a 70-year-old man from Cobalt, had been attempting to take off when the plane

TEMAGAMI (Staff) – Police are stepping up enforcement after complaints that drivers are speeding and ignoring traffic controllers in a construction zone south of Temagami.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police said they've received "numerous" complaints that motorists are failing to slow down in a stretch of Highway 11 under construction 13 kilometres