Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt council representatives will be attending a training session offered by a firm proposing to serve as the district integrity commissioner.Councillor Doug Wilcox suggested the town should first attend the training session then decide if they wish to use the services of the firm.The discussion was

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Northeastern Ontario is expected to get a marketing push next year to help the tourism sector recover from a 2018 season burned by forest fires.In the summer, Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof had called for help, both financial and promotional, for the area's tourism industry struggling

 Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – There were lessons learned from the wildfires that threatened Temagami this summer.Temagami council recently reviewed an "after action report" prepared by

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A draft resolution is being sent to Temiskaming municipalities in hopes of building support for a pilot project testing a new Highway 11 design.A local committee is proposing that the "2-plus-1" model be installed on a stretch of Highway 11 between North Bay and Cochrane.A

TEMAGAMI (Staff) – The new Temagami council did a little business after the formalities at its inaugural meeting December 5.Council approved appointments to a variety of committees.Mayor Dan O'Mara, a councillor who won the mayor's race in the October 22 election, will represent the municipality on several boards and committees.They

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter THORNLOE – Thornloe isn't giving up its drive for lighting at a complex intersection on Highway 11.Villlage council has called on the Ontario Ministry of Transportation once again to install street lights at the intersection of Highway 11, Highway 562 and Garden Road east of the village.It argues

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - The final makeup of the new incoming Cobalt council, which will be sworn in in December, is still not known.With the resignation of Sue Nielsen, received in writing at the Tuesday, October 30, meeting and accepted by the outgoing council, a question was left hanging.While Nielsen's

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – City council has approved rezoning that will permit a residential development on the Beach Gardens property to go ahead.The property, located south of the Algonquin Regiment Memorial Beach Park, had originally been zoned for high-density residential use. Plans called for a 74-unit project that would