Cobalt discussing insurance needs
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Cobalt council is still examining its insurance for activities and buildings.At the council’s regular meeting Wednesday, June 1, council discussed insurance on the mini-putt in the park.Council decided that an insurance rider by the town should be extended over the mini-putt,
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Cobalt town office opening earlier
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Cobalt council has agreed that the town office doors should now be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the summer, and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during the winter.At council’s regular meeting Wednesday, June 1, council accepted the motion, although
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Cobalt council defeats meeting schedule change
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Cobalt Councillor Perry Wuest has put forward a proposal that Cobalt council should meet every two weeks instead of every three weeks.Although the proposal was defeated in a vote of three to four (Mayor Tina Sartoretto voted against it) a compromise offer
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When natural gas is not a fossil fuel
QUEEN’S PARK (Staff) -- Outrage and disbelief erupted both locally and across the province last week after a document was leaked regarding the Ontario Climate Change Action Plan.The document stated the province would change the building code so that new homes and small buildings built in 2030 are
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Matachewan incumbent wins MNO race
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A North Cobalt woman was unsuccessful in her bid for a seat on the Métis Nation of Ontario Provisional Council.Tina Nichol lost to incumbent regional councillor Marcel Lafrance of Matachewan by a 108-156 vote to represent Region 3, which stretches from Temiskaming to Timmins,
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Englehart approves 2016 budget
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- Englehart’s 2016 budget was passed at its regular council meeting Wednesday, May 11.This year’s budget has been set at $5,341,034, which will include the town’s continuing upgrading of its water and sewer system. That’s an increase from the town’s 2015 budget of
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Temagami by-election set for August 18
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – The groundwork for a by-election to fill a vacant seat on Temagami council has begun.The deadline to nominate candidates is July 4.Voting day itself will be August 18.Voters will get ballots in the mail, as has been the practice in Temagami municipal elections.
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Temagami holding by-election to fill vacancy
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – Temagami voters will be casting ballots in a by-election after council failed to appoint any of the applicants for a vacant councillor seat.The by-election will be a first for Temagami, said Mayor Lorie Hunter earlier this week.The vacancy was created when
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City plotting ’16 hardtop maintenance
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – As the snow disappears, the road maintenance season is ready to start.Temiskaming Shores will spend a little more than $925,000 to maintain asphalt roadways this year.The lion’s share of the budget, at $660,000, is allocated to resurfacing a stretch of Lakeshore Road North
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No decision yet on student transit use
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Initial discussions on the possibility of busing Timiskaming District Secondary students on public transit have been held.“It’s in the very preliminary stages and there’s no plan of action so far,” said Temiskaming Shores Councillor Danny Whalen, a member of the Temiskaming Transit
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