TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – In the final weeks of 2016, motorists in Northern Ontario experienced 90 road closures or blockages because of weather or crashes.The number of closures over a seven-week period was cited in the most recent newsletter by the Northern and Eastern Ontario Rail Network.The
Ontario Northland changing New Liskeard bus stopDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Effective February 1, Ontario Northland passengers in the Temiskaming Shores area will be boarding and disembarking from the bus at the Temiskaming Shores and Area Chamber of Commerce building next door to McDonalds Restaurant.Ontario
Ontario Northland is changing the location where it will be picking up passengers in the Temiskaming Shores area.The stop will be changed from the New Liskeard Husky on Highway 11 to the Temiskaming Shores and Area Chamber of Commerce building on Highway 65 East, just south of the
ENGLEHART (Staff) — Ontario Northland will be holding its first spike-driving competition in Englehart on Saturday, June 11.The fun-filled event is being organized to celebrate the development of Northern Ontario through railroadings and to relive some of the recreational pursuits of railroad workers and their families over
Friday, March 4, marked the end of an era as the New Liskeard bus station closed. The closure is part of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission’s cost-saving plans. The New Liskeard station was located at this site as a railway station going back to the early part of
New Liskeard bus station closure a “difficult decision”Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The decision to close the New Liskeard bus station, effective March 5, was a difficult one, says Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) communications manager Renée Baker.But she added that it was a responsible
New Liskeard bus terminal closingDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Ontario Northland has issued a notice that it will be closing its New Liskeard bus terminal.The terminal is being closed effective March 5.The Husky Rest Stop on Highway 11 north of New Liskeard has been providing
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter EVANTUREL TOWNSHIP — Evanturel Township has been invoiced by Ontario Northland $16,800 for upgrades at a railway crossing on Kerr’s Road, carried out in the fall of 2015.Ontario Northland is stating that the township came into being after the railway was in
Ontario Northland expanding bus routesDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter NORTH BAY — The Ontario Northland has created a pilot program for its coach service, by expanding into routes left under-serviced when Greyhound Coach cut its service between Ottawa and Sudbury this past fall.“This route will provide a growth
Ontario Northland bus route cuts concern MPPDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof is expressing concern that Ontario Northland’s direction on the motor coach service will result in “a self-sustaining prophecy in which it is just going to wither and die”.Ontario Northland has recently
