COBALT (Staff/Special) - The Town of Cobalt has retained David King of Sudbury as its interim chief administrative officer.King has previous experience working with the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and also established MAS (Municipal Advisory Services) to assist northern and rural municipalities to navigate senior levels of

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A Temiskaming Shores man faces charges after police say a vehicle stolen from a Dymond residence was found in the Toronto area.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say officers were informed June 28 by the York Regional Police that a vehicle from Temiskaming Shores had been recovered.Temiskaming OPP

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Police are seeking the public's help in finding the person or persons who broke into a Haileybury home last week while the occupants were asleep.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police report that electronics valued at more than $3,000 were stolen from a Latchford Street

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Money has been found to resurface about half a kilometre of Lakeshore Road North in New Liskeard.The resurfacing will begin at Radley Hill Road and continue north for about 520 metres.It's estimated that the work will cost about

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Temiskaming's MPP is lobbying for help for businesses that have been burned financially by the fires still raging in Northern Ontario.Tourist outfitters, forestry companies and logging contractors "are suffering financially," said Timiskaming-Cochrane New Democrat MPP John Vanthof in a phone interview earlier this week.Bringing the

DISTRICT (Staff) – Over the past week, headway has been made in efforts to suppress the mammoth forest fire south of Elk Lake.North Bay 72 remains listed at more than 27,000 hectares, but no growth has been reported in more than three weeks.Last week, the Ministry of Natural Resources and

ENGLEHART (Staff) – Two Latchford men have been charged with drug trafficking after police stopped a vehicle in Englehart.Police say officers stopped a vehicle on Third Street in Englehart shortly after midnight July 31.Police say a quantity of marijuana, methamphetamine pills, cocaine and shatter, which is a form of cannabis

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt council has officially approved the closing of the Hoist Room on Friday, August 31.The decision to close the municipally owned gym was made on the recommendation of staff. The August 31 date would simplify the process of providing refunds to gym users who had prepaid

DISTRICT (Special) – After a long search, the Timiskaming Health Unit has a new medical officer of health.Monika Dutt, a family physician and former medical officer of health in Cape Breton, will take up her post with the health unit in September."We are very fortunate to have Dr. Dutt coming

DISTRICT (Staff/Special) – The region's English public school board is expressing its concerns about revisions to Ontario's health and physical education curriculum.The new Progressive Conservative government has said the 2015 document, which covers sex education, will be replaced by a new age-appropriate curriculum based on real consultation with parents.The 2015