TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – Hydro One will be doing some forestry work in the Temiskaming Shores and Coleman areas this year.It is informing property owners in Dymond, Bucke, Lorrain and South Lorrain of plans to remove and control brush around its high-voltage towerlines.Mechanical cutters, stump-removal equipment and
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Fishery enhancement
Environmental monitoring to continue at Latchford DamDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD — Environmental monitoring at the Latchford dam will be taking place over the next couple of years to ensure the success of an effort to enhance a pickerel spawning bed at the site.The work to enlarge the
Ministry to begin removing waste from Cobalt Refinery
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter COLEMAN – Waste removal from a former refinery in Coleman Township is expected to begin shortly.A waste hauling company will be hired to remove “priority liquid waste” from the Cobalt Refinery site, said Gary Wheeler, spokesperson for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and
MTP investigating sudden drop in lake levels
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter COLEMAN – Property owners on Gillies Lake North say they’ve been left high and dry after the recent replacement of a culvert on Highway 11B.At a special meeting called by Coleman Township council last week, property owners said docks were sitting above water and
Micro-plastics in Lake Temiskaming
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — The Ottawa River is 1,200 kilometres long, and its presence is an important part of Canada’s geography.The river, with Lake Temiskaming at its head, feeds into the St. Lawrence River, and from there feeds into the Atlantic Ocean.Lake Temiskaming and the
Lessons from “an ecoguy”
Former environmental commissioner sees hopeDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – A “dead” lake. Acid rain. Mercury bioaccumulation.“We have tackled really serious environmental issues in the past. We’ve learned a lot more about how the world works, how the ecosystem works,” says Gord Miller.While many get depressed
Orange Drop draws in loads of recyclables
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – From triple-a to automotive batteries, tins of paint to four-litre jugs of oil, nothing was too big or too small for the annual Orange Drop event on June 4.“(We) had a great turnout,” said Steve Tebworth of Drain-All, the Ottawa-area company
Saying “no” to Energy East
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – The proposed Energy East pipeline puts the drinking water of more than five million Canadians at risk, says a non-profit organization fighting the project.“There’s no possible way they can build a pipeline that will be safe enough for
TransCanada disputes report
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
Town has photos – Ministry denies environmental problems at dam site
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD — The Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) media relations department says the ministry is “not aware of any significant downstream impacts” due to the March 14 removal of wooden stop-logs from the new section of the Latchford dam.The media department acknowledges that