Park seeking donors to make a splash
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Proponents of the proposed splash pad park in Temiskaming Shores are hoping donors will dip into their pockets to turn the project into …
Temiskaming part of immigration pilot project
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Temiskaming will be part of a national pilot project trying to attract immigrants with the skills needed in rural and Northern communities. Eleven …
Medical Officer of Health resigns
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – An Acting Medical Officer of Health has been put in place for the Timiskaming Health Unit. Timiskaming Health Unit board chair Carman Kidd (and Temiskaming Shores …
Summerfest cancelled
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Downtown New Liskeard will be a lot quieter this July long weekend as Summerfest has been cancelled for 2019. A lack of civic …
Library board proposes consolidation in new NL branch
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Under a plan endorsed by the city’s library board, the Haileybury branch would close and all operations consolidated in one location in the …
Father and son charged with manslaughter
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A father and a son charged with manslaughter in the death of Nicholas Rivard remain in custody. On May 14, members of the Temiskaming Ontario Provincial …
Ice takes toll on shoreline
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It’s been a spring like no other in recent memory in Temiskaming Shores, as rising water levels and high winds propelled ice on …
Spring brings flood concerns
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – High water is elevating flood concerns along Lake Temiskaming and points south. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has issued …
Librarians read into budget reductions
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — People going into their local library this week may be disappointed to find out they are out of luck if they wish to borrow …
Police investigating death of local man
COLEMAN TOWNSHIP (Staff) — The Temiskaming detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say on April 15, shortly before 2 p.m. they were notified of found human remains in Coleman Township, southeast of Cobalt.A post mortem was conducted by the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service in Ottawa.The human remains have been