City’s OMPF funding dips
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The main source of provincial funding to the city has dipped a little.Temiskaming Shores will receive $3.74 million from the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund in 2015, down almost 2.4 per cent from 2014.That’s dropped still further from 2013, when the city was allocated
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Forward to development
City mayor looking ahead to ’15Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_6020" align="alignleft" width="207"] Mayor Carman Kidd[/caption]TEMISKAMING SHORES - As 2015 begins, the city’s mayor is looking forward to development.
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Year saw full agenda in city
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Recyclables, waterfronts and elections were among the attention-getters in Temiskaming Shores in 2014.Residents finally saw an end to the big blue bin depots and the introduction of curbside recycling in the fall.Within two months of
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Federal election candidate
Nipissing-Timiskaming federal NDP rep chosenDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- The Nipissing-Timiskaming Federal New Democratic Party Riding Association has selected Kathleen Jodouin to represent them in the 2015 federal election.Ms. Jodouin stood for the nomination to represent the party along with Catherine Murton Stoehr.The selection
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From Parliament Hill
Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Jay AspinI am pleased that we have made a great deal of progress working together this year. We have successfully engaged in truly important initiatives for our region. Moreover, we have continued to send a clear message to Ottawa about our priorities which have resulted in
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Mayor welcomes start of new term
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – “Welcome aboard, and let’s get to work.” With those words, Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd kicked off city council’s new four-year term.City council members formally took the oath of office in a brief ceremony December 1.In the coming months, Mayor
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Changes at Harris council table
HARRIS (Staff) – The year saw a significant change around Harris Township’s council table.Long-time reeve Martin Auger decided not to seek another term in October’s municipal election.When the nomination period closed September 12, no one had expressed an interest in the reeve’s post.Nominations reopened for a
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Recycling and roads top Casey’s year
CASEY TOWNSHIP (Staff) -- It has been a quiet year in Casey Township, and it concluded as it began with the exact same council as the incumbent council was acclaimed to another four-year term during the October municipal elections.The council is led by Reeve Guy Labonte, and includes
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First step in forming employers’ council
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- The next step has been taken in creating a Temiskaming Shores Employers’ Council, with the aim of identifying immigrants who are skilled and interested in taking local jobs which otherwise cannot be filled.The North Bay Multiculturalism Centre, with the support of
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Outgoing reeve
Giving back to the communityDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter CHAMBERLAIN TOWNSHIP -- Bill Dickinson’s career in municipal politics has spanned 20 years.His career on Chamberlain Township council started in 1991, at which time he ran for a position as councillor. In 1994 he stepped forward for the reeve’s
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