Municipal races lined up for October election
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT - Area municipalities have their line-up of candidates for the 2018 municipal election which will take place October 27.A few of the councils have been acclaimed and continue with business as usual. There are also a few reeves who have been acclaimed for the new four-year term.Brethour
Opposition to public works director position
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt council will be meeting this evening, Wednesday, July 4, in the upstairs hall with the hope of resolving their standoff on the 2018 budget.Council had met on June 27 with an agenda based on passing the 2018 budget.However, two councillors were absent from that meeting,
Concern over laneway liability
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY - A small laneway in Haileybury is the subject of discussions about liability.Concerns have caused discussions between the District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) and the City of Temiskaming Shores.The board approached the city to discuss how to protect DTSSAB from future litigation in case
City approves in-kind support for church hall
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY - The City of Temiskaming Shores council has approved in-kind support for the construction of a new hall for the St. Paul and St. John Anglican Church in Haileybury.After council voted to provide the support on Tuesday, June 19, Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd commented that the
Icy view of highway plowing
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD - Latchford Mayor George Lefebvre commented that it seems strange to be talking about ice and snow on the highway when the town is basking in the first days of summer.But at Latchford's Thursday, June 21, meeting of council, concerns about winter highway ice and snow were
Major projects proposed for Cobalt
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Work continues in finalizing the Cobalt budget, but staff and council expect to see it completed by the end of June.Council members and staff met again Wednesday, June 13, to discuss means of handling big projects with a limited budget.One of the intentions of council is
NOP’s Poirier pleased with first run for office
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART – Shawn Poirier didn’t expect to win in his first run for political office.The North Cobalt resident was one of ten candidates fielded by the Northern Ontario Party (NOP), and none won a seat.“We kind of knew that this election we may not get in, but at
Former councillor appointed to Temagami council
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – A familiar face is back at Temagami council.Debby Burrows, whose resignation from council earlier this year created the vacancy, has been appointed to fill the councillor spot.Her appointment followed council’s inability last month to choose a new councillor from among five applicants. It also came after
Meet-the-candidates night a two-man show
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Timiskaming-Cochrane’s first meet-the-candidates night was a friendly match-up.Only two political hopefuls – incumbent John Vanthof of the New Democratic Party (NDP) and challenger Shawn Poirier of the Northern Ontario Party (NOP) – were at the May 22 session at Riverside Place.Prior to taking to the
Judge to choose Temagami councillor
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – It’ll be up to a judge to choose who will fill the empty seat at Temagami’s council table.None of the five applicants for the spot won support from a majority of Temagami’s six remaining council members last week.The decision will now be referred to a judicial