Cancer care program returning to hospital
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special/Staff) – A community support program for cancer patients is moving back to Temiskaming Hospital.Community Cancer Care provides financial help as well as emotional support and group programs for Temiskaming residents dealing with cancer.Community Cancer Care and the hospital are both community-based organizations focused on providing health-based services
Charges laid in bulldozer theft
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – Charges have been laid after police say a bulldozer was stolen from a Temagami landfill and found stuck, still running, in a snow bank.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say they received a call about the bulldozer, spotted on Milne-Sherman Road, at about 7:20 a.m. April 21.Police say it
Minor injuries in two-vehicle crash
DISTRICT (Staff) – Wintry weather late last week caused some havoc on the roads.Shortly after 10 a.m. April 28, the collision of two vehicles on Highway 11 near Uno Park Road left Highway 11 closed for a little over an hour.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police report that one driver suffered minor
Green Mining Conference planned in September
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Plans are in place for a Green Mining Conference in Cobalt and area in September, and the wheels were set in motion with the announcement of federal funding.Spearheaded by a committee including Coleman Township Mayor Dan Cleroux, Cobalt Mayor Tina Sartoretto and Latchford Mayor George Lefebvre,
Police investigating classified ad scam
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – Potential applicants are advised to be cautious if they spot classified ads seeking caregivers.The warning comes after Ontario Provincial Police in Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry investigated an ad published in two community newspapers in Eastern Ontario.Police said the ad was purportedly from a woman seeking a
Dymond fundraiser assisting kids and families
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – There was a rush on hamburgers Saturday at the Dymond Fire Station.Appropriate, since it was part of a fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House program.A large group of volunteers staged the barbecue/yard sale/silent auction April 21 and, with great weather, came great crowds.“The event went
Transit committee appealing funding limitations
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES/COBALT - There are some "fairly strict limitations" on a ten-year federal and provincial funding grant for Temiskaming Transit, says Cobalt Mayor Tina Sartoretto.The transit committee will be appealing the restrictions to be able to apply the annual $220,000 to the local needs ($2.25 million over ten
Hamilton driver facing charges
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A Hamilton man faces charges after a recent vehicle stop on Highway 11 in Coleman Township.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say officers stopped a vehicle at about 1 p.m. March 23.A 38-year-old Hamilton man was charged under the Highway Traffic Act with speeding, one to 49 kilometres
OPP report 684 calls in March
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – In the month of March, Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police responded to 684 calls for service across southern Temiskaming.In a news release, the OPP noted that the calls included 19 vehicle collisions, 17 violence-related occurrences and 36 property-related occurrences.The monthly snapshot also included seven drug-related occurrence and
Hilliardton bridge reconstruction plan proposed
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HILLIARD TOWNSHIP - A proposal has taken another step forward for the replacement of the one-lane Blanche River Bridge on Highway 569 in Hilliard Township.A report is now available for review at the Armstrong Township office and in North Bay at the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change