Reconciliation and moving ahead
Temagami celebrates National Aboriginal DayDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_8530" align="alignleft" width="500"] Students from the Laura McKenzie Learning Centre performed at National Aboriginal Day celebrations
Hope for opportunity
Funding to study Latchford power generationDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_8372" align="alignleft" width="500"] Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Jay Aspin (standing) announced FedNor funding of $41,000 to study the feasibility of constructing
$1 million pledged
Agnico Eagle gives major gift to CobaltDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- The Historic Cobalt Legacy Fund is the recipient of a major gift from Agnico Eagle.The international gold mining company, which got its start in Cobalt in the late 1950s with silver mining, is granting
Waterloo man’s remains found
Missing since 2011Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – The search for a Waterloo man who disappeared in the Temagami area more than three years ago ended last week.Human remains found May 24 by a Michigan-based volunteer search and rescue crew proved to be
Drowning victim identified
Body recovered from Spring LakeDISTRICT (Staff) -- The body of a 23-year-old Stouffville man was pulled from the water of Spring Lake, west of Temiskaming Shores, Thursday, May 21.Police state that “at approximately 5:45 p.m. the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Underwater Search and Recovery Unit located
Passerby pulls body from Lake Temiskaming
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — What would normally have been a routine stroll for New Liskeard resident Wayne Gray and his dog along the New Liskeard waterfront Wednesday evening, May 13, suddenly turned into a recovery mission when he pulled a woman’s lifeless body from the frigid
Michael Wenham found not guilty of impaired driving causing death
“Evidence falls short”NORTH BAY (Staff) -- Michael Wenham has been found not guilty of impaired driving causing the death of Carter Antila ,19, of New Liskeard.He has been found guilty of taking a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner.Mr. Wenham, a Hamilton resident, has
Strike action
ETFO pledges province-wide move May 11Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter DISTRICT – The Ontario North East board has pledged to keep parents informed as English public elementary school teachers pledge province-side strike action next week.“We have yet to learn the specifics of their action,” wrote board
Lights and sirens
Police respond to Cobalt council concernsDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Ontario Provincial Police Temiskaming detachment Inspector Dan Dawson has advised officers to use lights and sirens when travelling at speed through Cobalt.Inspector Dawson said he met with Cobalt Mayor Tina Sartoretto Monday morning, April
FedNor support for NorArc
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP -- The federal government is providing $482,500 in the form of a repayable FedNor loan for Nor-Arc Steel Fabricators in Armstrong Township.The financial support is to assist in the construction of a prototype incinerator that would turn residential waste into green energy.