Carbon monoxide detector saves lives
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Carbon monoxide detectors are the law for homes with fuel-burning appliances, or with attached garages.Cobalt resident Natasha Lacharity is now strongly praising them."The best purchase of my life," she wrote on her Facebook page.Thursday, January 4, the carbon monoxide detector in her home saved her life
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Plotting $5.3-million in capital spending in ’18
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city has outlined $5.3 million in big-project spending in 2018, including upgrades to roads, the pool in New Liskeard and new firefighting equipment.How much to borrow “is part of the discussion process,” said Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd in an interview looking ahead to
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City OKs affordable housing project
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – City council has given its blessing to the development of an affordable housing project on the north end of Grant Drive in Dymond.At its last meeting of the year, Temiskaming Shores council unanimously agreed to donate property at the alternative location, to applause from some
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Calls return for improved road maintenance
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Timiskaming-Cochrane’s MPP is calling again for improved winter highway maintenance in the wake of the latest fatal collision on Highway 11.“Each time the highway is closed, people in Northern Ontario are cut off because there is no detour. People on the TransCanada are starting to
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City to consider alternative affordable housing location
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – An affordable housing proposal in Temiskaming Shores may be revived.A city councillor is proposing that the municipality donate land at the north end of Grant Drive in Dymond Township for the District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) housing project.Late last month, council narrowly
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#25 in Canada, however, high rank doesn’t tell the full story
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Temiskaming Shores received a high rank in a national survey, but not in a good way.Maclean’s Magazine compiled Statistics Canada Crime Severity Index numbers from 2016 and found Temiskaming Shores is number 25 in the country as one of the most dangerous places to live.Ontario
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City says “no” to affordable housing proposal
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – City council’s decision to turn down the transfer of land in Dymond for a housing project is disappointing, says the CAO of the district’s social services administration board.But the board is now investigating options for another site in Temiskaming Shores in hopes of building in
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Mine remediation continues
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - The Nipissing 96 headframe is down.That was one of the updates provided by Agnico Eagle at a presentation at the Classic Theatre Wednesday, November 15. The company has been working on mine remediation in the Cobalt Mining Camp over the past several years.The headframe was pulled
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Fire crews respond to Highway 11 asphalt plant fire
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — On Friday, November 10, smoke filled the sky as a mid-morning fire caused extensive damage to the Miller Paving Northern asphalt plant on Highway 11.“The fire was spotted by our workers. We don’t have an idea of the cause of the fire at this point
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College faculty strike heading into fourth week
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – As the Ontario-wide college faculty strike enters its fourth week, students’ worries grow about the fate of their semester.Negotiations between the College Employer Council and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) reached an impasse earlier this week.But on Tuesday, November 7, it was announced
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