Provincial aid to replace culvert
EARLTON (Staff) – Armstrong Township will proceed with the repair of a collapsed culvert, thanks to more than $200,000 in provincial funding.A large culvert on Honey Road collapsed last year, forcing the closure of the road and a lengthy detour for motorists and farmers.Installing an insert proved
Gas Pains
City cutting mileage rateDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city is cutting the mileage rate for municipal staff and councillors travelling outside the area.After reviewing rates by several municipalities in the region and governments, Temiskaming Shores council approved reducing the rate to
Council compensation ’14 released
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Compensation for city councillors changed little in ’14.The annual statement of remuneration for Temiskaming Shores council members was released last week.It tallies just over $125,900 and includes remuneration, conference and travel expenses, and employer-paid benefits such as CPP, EI, health tax and WSIB.That
Englehart operating Kap-Kig-Iwan in 2015
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The Town of Englehart has again signed an agreement with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources’ Ontario Parks to operate Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park for another year.The ministry is also financing repairs to a shed in the park. The ministry is also supplying
Transit committee looking at other buses
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- The Temiskaming Transit Committee is not satisfied with the four buses purchased for the fleet and put into operation two years ago.The transit committee is now looking at other buses, transit committee chair and Cobalt mayor Tina Sartoretto commented to her council
VETERANS TOWN HALL
Nipissing-Timiskaming Federal Liberal candidate Anthony Rota, seen here, was at Branch 54 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Haileybury on January 24. He was in town to discuss veterans’ issues with both veterans and their supporters. Elisha Sloan-Keats, from Mattawa, who recently retired after serving in the Canadian Forces
Northern Ontario has bigger stake in PDAC ’15
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city is taking the lead in an expanded presence for Northern Ontario at this year’s mining showcase in Toronto.Temiskaming Shores is overseeing coordination of a regional pavilion with more than 50 exhibitors at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada
Smoother local implementation of OW and ODSP software
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- In Temiskaming, the implementation has been fairly smooth of the new software for Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program recipients, according to District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) chief administrative officer Don Studholme.But in other parts of
DTSSAB CAO says budget will increase in 2015
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The 2015 District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board budget has to be increased, chief administrative officer Don Studholme told the board at their regular meeting in Englehart in late 2014“We’re going to have an increase in our budget this year,” he
Latchford council committees set
LATCHFORD (Staff) -- Latchford council held its inaugural meeting Thursday, December 4, and appointed councillors to their committees.Mayor George Lefebvre is ex-officio of all committees.Councillor Theo Cull will chair the finance and general government committee. He will be the vice-chair of the economic development