Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TORONTO – FONOM president Alan Spacek says more help with high energy costs may be on the way.Spacek, the president of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) and also the mayor of Kapuskasing, recently attended the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) Conference in
TransCanada awaiting update on hearing restartDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – Proponents of the Energy East pipeline are reviewing the latest decision to restart the regulatory hearing process.TransCanada is currently evaluating the National Energy Board’s restart of the Energy East review, said TransCanada spokesperson Tim Duboyce
Municipalities calling for reduced hydro ratesLATCHFORD/COBALT (Staff) — At its December meeting, the Town of Latchford passed two resolutions relating to the high cost of energy that the Town of Cobalt passed without comment at their regular meeting on Tuesday, January 10.Latchford has called on the provincial government
DISTRICT (Special) — Students starting university and college may have graduated high school but they may not have received an education in energy efficiency. Hydro One has a quick, 10 step lesson to help students keep electricity costs down for the upcoming school year.1. When researching an apartment
Cobalt waiting for a little sunDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT — Kapuskasing and Cobalt are awaiting the completion of three ground-mount solar project sites in Cobalt.Among the delays outlined by Cobalt Mayor Tina Sartoretto at Cobalt’s regular council meeting Wednesday, July 13, is that the “contractor is waiting
Dear Editor:This is an open letter to the Hon. Glenn Thibeault, Minister of Energy.Re: Gas PricesDear Minister,People across Ontario, and especially the North, are being ripped off at the gas pumps.As an opposition MP you were vocal on
TMA expressing concern about provincial energy directionDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — At several venues wherever municipal representatives have been meeting in the past couple of weeks, there have been repeated concerns expressed about rising costs in the North, and the impacts on municipalities and on property
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
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – TransCanada has “multiple layers of detection” in place, in the unlikely event of a problem along its pipeline system, says a spokesperson for the Energy East proposal.Tim Duboyce, from TransCanada’s Montreal office, was responding to a report by the Council of
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT — The Silver Centre Wind Project was brought back to Cobalt council at its regular meeting Tuesday, February 23 for an update.The proponent, wpd, is awaiting word whether it has been successful in its bid to move forward in the next steps to
