TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – As of July 1, the shoulders of public roads were opened to a wider range of off-road vehicles.But police are cautioning that use of non-traditional all-terrain vehicles on local roads is up to municipalities and their bylaws.“It is the operator’s responsibility to consult
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A traffic light at a downtown New Liskeard intersection was replaced this week after it was struck by a tractor-trailer.The traffic light pole at the intersection of Whitewood Avenue and Armstrong Street was torn down shortly before 2 p.m. April 10.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial
ENGLEHART (Staff) – A Charlton man has been charged after police responded to a traffic complaint west of Englehart.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police report they located the vehicle in question at about 12:35 p.m. March 26 on Highway 560 in Charlton-Dack.Police have charged a 55-year-old Charlton man
ELK LAKE (Staff) – As they travelled more than 200 kilometres of trails, police charged four out-of-town sledders in the Elk Lake area with a variety of offences.Members of the Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police conducted motorized snow vehicle patrols on March 10.Police say they observed a group
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Concerns about sidewalk accessibility have been raised in light of construction at a building in downtown New Liskeard.A temporary wall and a barricade have narrowed a stretch of sidewalk in front of the former Number One Pet Centre on Whitewood Avenue.
Last Wednesday’s spring-like weather had many people optimistic the long winter was finally over. But by Friday, Temiskaming fell under a heavy snowfall alert for March 13 and 14 that warned winter would be back in full force. Traffic along Highway 11 had to be patient while crews worked
Chamber seeking input on “next 100 miles”Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – If you’re interested in four-laning Highway 11, the Temiskaming Shores and Area Chamber of Commerce wants to hear from you.The chamber is spearheading local discussions on the extension of four-laning from
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The owner of a Lakeshore Road business would like to see traffic slowed down.Murray Walton of New Liskeard Sheet Metal Works has asked Temiskaming Shores to extend the 50-kilometre-per-hour (km/h) speed limit a little further south past his business.In a letter to city
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A Haileybury woman has been charged after a two-vehicle collision in New Liskeard sent three people to hospital.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say the collision occurred on Armstrong Street at Haliburton Avenue at about 1 p.m. January 3.Police say a car entered Armstrong from
DISTRICT (Staff) — Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof has introduced a private member’s bill calling on the provincial government to allow side-by-side and two-up off-road vehicles to be driven on the shoulders of provincial highways.The amendment to the legislation governing off-road vehicles would provide drivers of side-by-side and two-up
