A reunion is being organized to mark the 90th anniversary of Kapuskasing and District High School. Committee spokesperson Sue Kozlovich says the original plan was to have it during the 100th birthday of the town but the pandemic changed that. She adds the support and the interest to hold an...

The new Head Coach of the Hearst Lumberjacks admits he’s overwhelmed by the out pouring of support he received since the announcement last week. Guy Losier says the messages on social media and the reaction in the community have him excited and can’t wait until September. He adds that what’s he’s...

Iroquois Falls is getting $125,916  for its airport from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund. At the airport Wednesday, northern economic growth and development minister George Pirie said it’s for installation of jet fuel tanks and a new hangar door. Pirie says the government has been trying, ever since Resolute Forest Products...

A well-known volunteer in Kapuskasing has been chosen as the Ontario Senior of the Year. Guy Paradis was presented with the award during town council meeting on Monday night. Paradis has been helping out a number of organizations and events from La Forge-Joe Godin, Kapuskasing Sno-Rovers Club to Kap Kraze...

Cochrane town council has declared a food insecurity emergency, and food bank manager Ardis Proulx hopes municipalities from Hearst to Kirkland Lake follow suit. She says the idea comes from Feed Ontario, which thinks it’s a good way to advocate for resources from government and to get people talking. “By doing...

This week’s look at Kapuskasing history is all about a devastating fire in Val Albert We head to the July 3rd, 1963 edition of the Northern Times where a fire leveled three homes on a section of Highway 11. The origin of the fire that started at 2:45 pm was...