Englehart water upgrades main project for 2108
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - The Town of Englehart is looking forward into 2018 with a focus on water projects and related issues.Englehart Mayor Nina Wallace says the town has had "very large-cost infrastructure projects over the last five or six years, so
Small projects ahead for election year in Charlton-Dack
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter CHARLTON-DACK - It's been an interesting year for the Municipality of Charlton and Dack, says Reeve Merrill Bond.As the year 2017 concluded, the municipal budget was not yet finalized, but was under consideration, he told The Speaker in an interview.
Increasing interest in Cobalt and area
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT – The year 2018 will be witness to much more cobalt exploration in the Cobalt Mining Camp and Lorrain Valley area.Cobalt Mayor Tina Sartoretto said in an interview that the exploration now taking place is extensive."I'm cautiously
Airport authority heading in the right direction: chair
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff)– With nine months behind the wheel, the Earlton-Timiskaming Regional Airport Authority is going in the right direction, says its chair.Airport staff and authority board members are “very positive,” said Carman Kidd, chair of the authority’s board and the mayor of Temiskaming Shores.The authority, created by 13 municipalities
Health unit reimbursing municipalities
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT - The Timiskaming Health Unit (THU) is giving area municipalities a Christmas present this year."At our last finance committee meeting we discussed what our reserve fund caps should be, and we recommended to the board that we limit our reserves to $500,000 for operations and an additional
Cobalt considering council structure
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt council is considering modifications to its meeting structure.The council has been using a committee-of-the-whole model for the past year and some issues have been arising as a result of the structure.Their first committee-of-the-whole meeting of the new year takes place Tuesday, January 9, at which
Cobalt council rift over delays on notices of motion
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt's committee-of-the-whole meeting Monday, December 4, started off with a heated exchange about the agenda, culminating with Councillor Perry Wuest leaving before the agenda was approved.At issue was the fact that two notices of motion were not on the agenda for discussion.Mayor Tina Sartoretto maintained that
Committing to committees can be controversial
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt Councillor Perry Wuest believes the town should continue with an ad hoc committee that has been meeting with Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) representatives to discuss ways to achieve better and more cost-effective policing for the town.He told council at its committee-of-the-whole meeting Tuesday, November 7,
Train and bus transportation will be election issue
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT - The fight for the return of the Northlander passenger train is intensifying as the NDP has pledged to work for its reinstatement.Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof and Timmins-James Bay MPP Gilles Bisson of the New Democratic Party are stepping up with pledges that if the NDP forms
Candidate nomination requirements changing
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – With the next municipal election just a year away, some final changes to the nomination process for candidates have yet to be announced.But an Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs representative says the province has heeded concerns that a 25-signature requirement endorsing a nomination could pose “an