DianeJohnstonSpeakerReporterTEMISKAMINGSHORES – City council has reservations about a proposedaccommodation tax for visitors.OnFebruary 19, Temiskaming Shores council unanimously rejected a staffrecommendation that it implement a four per cent tax on hotel, motel,cottage and short-term accommodations users.

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – More than $5 million in capital spending has been dropped, deferred or scaled back as city council inches closer to approving its 2019 budget.Temiskaming Shores staff are

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – City council has approved a new fee schedule for recreational services and programs that includes a $200 fee for out-of-town boaters renting seasonal slips at municipal marinas.It

EVANTUREL TOWNSHIP (Staff) - Concerns have been raised by Evanturel Township to the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) regarding the winter maintenance of Highway 569 (running through Tomstown and Hilliard Township).A letter has been sent to the MTO expressing concerns that

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – Efforts to preserve Temagami’shistory are proceeding, with some help from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.In June, a $75,000 grant enabled the startof a year-long project to collect, archive, digitize

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A proposal to raiserecreation-related user fees in the city is heading back to committee forfurther discussion.Temiskaming Shores council decided topostpone a decision after hearing from two boaters

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – As work continues on the city’s 2019 budget, it’s managed to pare more than $500,000 from a first draft of its operating budget.That’s money it’ll be able to transfer to capital projects, said Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd earlier this week.When council took a first

DISTRICT (Staff) – When it comes to retail marijuana stores, most municipalities in the South Temiskaming area are in.The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) reports that only four – Harris Township, James Township, Matachewan and Temagami – have approved resolutions formally opting out.