The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) says as of July 13, there are 52 active fires in the Northeast region. The largest fire burning in the Northeast region is North Bay 72 originating from the Lady Eveyln-Smoothwater Provincial Park at 10,775 hectares. MNRF say the recent rainfall will

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - For the second time, Cobalt council has defeated its 2018 budget.The budget meeting took place July 4, and a third attempt will be made July 17.Council first tried to pass a budget June 27.At the July 4 meeting, council voted on, and defeated, four bylaws which

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – A woman has been charged after a child was rescued from a locked vehicle in Haileybury last week.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say the child sustained non-life threatening injuries and was taken to Temiskaming Hospital by ambulance.Police say a caller notified Temiskaming OPP and Haileybury firefighters at

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – Fire burning permits have been suspended and all open-air fires banned within the City of Temiskaming Shores.The fire hazard is extreme and forest fires are active in the Temagami, Temiskaming Shores and Sudbury areas, said Fire Chief Tim Uttley in a news release.Uttley noted that the

TIMMINS (Special/Staff) – When students leave the classroom for the summer, construction workers move in.The region’s English public school board has more than 200 projects planned for the summer, with a budget estimated at $18 million.“It’s one of the busiest summers for upgrades we’ve ever had,” said Carole Horton, manager

EVANTUREL (Staff) – Police say an incident involving a man barricaded inside an Evanturel Township residence ended peacefully when he surrendered.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say officers responded to a call about the incident around 5 p.m. June 25.Police say the residence was contained and traffic in the area was controlled.In

LATCHFORD (Staff) — Members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with Emergency Services personnel, responded to a motor vehicle collision on Thursday, June 14, shortly after 8:15 a.m.OPP say the collision occurred on Highway 11 south of Latchford when a northbound tractor-trailer lost control resulting

ELK LAKE (Staff) – The Catch the Ace fever has spread to Elk Lake.Royal Canadian Legion Branch 310 is on week 13 of the fundraiser.Five hundred tickets, at $5 each, are available this week.If all the tickets are sold and the ace of spades is drawn this week, the winner

COLEMAN TOWNSHIP (Staff) — Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help in identifying anybody responsible for starting a forest fire in the late afternoon of Saturday, June 16