TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – In the wake of the U.S. countervailing duties on softwood lumber, Ontario is calling on the federal government to create a loan guarantee program.Ontario is joining Quebec in calling for a federal program to protect forest companies, said Natural Resources and Forestry Minister Kathryn

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A North Cobalt man will run under the Northern Ontario Party banner in the next provincial election.Shawn Poirier was named the fledgling party’s candidate in Timiskaming-Cochrane April 22.Poirier, 40, was born in Kirkland Lake but moved to the Temiskaming Shores

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – The next scheduled provincial election is more than a year away, but Ontario New Democrats are making plans.The party announced that leader Andrea Horwath received the endorsement of 90 per cent of the 1,200 delegates at the April 21-23 convention in Toronto.