Extension Underway
St-Michel undergoing $6.3 million expansionDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_12861" align="alignleft" width="500"] Board chair Roger Gregoire, at back, prepared to distribute cake to guests after the official groundbreaking for École catholique
The last ride
Final Bikers Reunion is this coming July says lead organizerSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This was a committee decision. It was a tough, tough decision to make and it didn’t just happen overnight. We’ve been planning on an exit plan for three years and you have to
Highway 11 wildlife fencing proposed
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD -- Latchford Mayor George Lefebvre is calling for wildlife fencing along the northern sections of Highway 11 from North Bay.He wants the wildlife fencing to prevent collisions with large wildlife.Speaking at the Temiskaming Municipal Association (TMA) meeting Thursday, May 26, he noted
Coleman forest fire
Mine hazards complicating firefightingDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter COLEMAN - A fire in an area south of Cobalt strewn with open cuts and mine hazards has proven tough to extinguish.“This fire was deliberately set,”-- Coleman Fire Chief Don LaitinenAs of
Seeking generosity
Support the Fort fundraising concludes in one weekSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — From the smallest to the largest donation, the local Support The Fort fundraising initiative is ramping up, but donors have only one week in which to get their pledges in.A local
Support the Fort
Local group fundraising for Fort McMurray familiesSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — A group of people in Temiskaming have come together to organize a “Support The Fort” fundraising initiative to help support and financially assist the families of the Fort McMurray and area Alberta wildfire.There are several people who
Swim coach dies in motor-vehicle moose collision
Len LearTILDEN LAKE (Staff) – Len Lear, 63, the coach of the Temiskaming Northern Loons swim team, was killed Sunday night coming back from a meet with his team when the vehicle he was driving struck a moose on Highway 11 near Tilden Lake.Police say Mr.
Caution prior to possible airport authority liftoff
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP -- Questions about the process of forming an airport authority dominated the meeting of the Earlton-Timiskaming Regional Airport Municipal Services Board (MSB) Thursday, April 21.The airport is currently owned by Armstrong Township, but operated by a board of area municipalities who want
Thousands spring to Earlton Farm Show
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – Chicks and rabbits, goats and lambs, calves and an estimated 3,000-plus human visitors turned out for the Earlton Farm Show.Attendance at the two-day show was up a little from 2015, said Norm Koch, a member of the show’s organizing committee.Crowds toured
One step closer
CREST refugee family expected soonSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — It is likely only a matter of days or weeks before a CREST sponsored Syrian refugee family will call Temiskaming their home.The Community Refugee Engagement South Temiskaming (CREST) humanitarian group says mounds of paperwork have been filed and the