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

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP - Armstrong Township ratepayers had an opportunity to meet and question their municipal candidates Tuesday, October 2, at the Earlton arena.The event was organized by the Temiskaming Shores and Area Chamber of Commerce and emceed by Rejeanne Belisle-Massie.Over 30 people attended the event to hear the

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Ignoring a travel ban during last summer's forest fire season resulted in a $1,000 fine for a New Liskeard man.The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reports that a New Liskeard man was fined after pleading guilty to driving on a closed road during a

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt is looking for increased police enforcement to curtail speeding through the town.One area of concern is near the intersection of Lang Street and Silver Street in Cobalt near the restaurant.Mayor Tina Sartoretto commented at Cobalt council's regular meeting Tuesday, September 18, that "a younger person

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Police rescued a 12-year-old boy from the cold waters of the Wabi River last week.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police said officers received a call shortly after 7:15 p.m. September 24 involving a missing boy in crisis.Police located him under a bridge.While officers were talking to him, police

TEMAGAMI (Staff) — On September 6, shortly after 7 a.m., members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a call for a traffic complaint on Highway 11, near Richfield Road in Temagami.Police say a northbound vehicle failed to stop for a school bus picking up children