The MPP for Mushkegowuk James Bay says the province’s decision to add forest firefighters to WSIB coverage is a good first step. Guy Bourgouin says this will ensure the safety and well-being of those workers who risk their lives to protect the forests. He adds that it will also be a...

The director of this region’s English public school board indicates that District School Board Ontario Northeast (DSB-1) has already been adhering to a newly announced provincial policy on cellphones in classrooms. Education minister Stephen Lecce updated what’s called the Policy Program Memorandum this week. Director Lesleigh Dye says her board embraces...

The Town of Kap is inching closer to the finish line of its 2024 budget. Council recommended that the water, sewer and capital works budgets be approved at the next month’s meeting. There is no increase for sewer rates, but Administrator Guylain Baril says water goes up by two...

Kapuskasing Town Council will be looking for a new member. Guylaine Scherer announced she is stepping down and leaving Kapuskasing to be closer to her family in the Ottawa area. Scherer was just beginning her second term on council after being elected in 2018. She spent several years in the...

We now have details on that accident early last Thursday that had Timmins cut off from the east for about 12 hours. OPP report that shortly before 1:00am, a transport truck and a pick-up collided on Highway 101, just west of Frederick House Lake Road The pick-up driver was killed. Traffic accident...

It took two phone calls from the Timmins and District Hospital Foundation to convince Matt Lafleur of Porcupine that he won $118,920 in the April 50-50 draw. In between calls, he checked his numbers and determined they were a match. The dad of a young family, Lafleur says initially, the money...