The fire chief at the Kapuskasing Fire Department is the latest recipient of the King Charles the third Coronation Medal. Norman Beauchamp has been an instructor at College Boreal since 2017 and has 35 years of experience in the fire service. Beauchamp has previously held fire chief positions in Timmins and...

Lynn Tremblay has been a long time participant of the Sensenbrenner Hospital Foundation 50-50 draws since they began….and finally her numbers came up. Tremblay is the recent winner of the draw taking home $15,335. Tremblay says she and her boyfriend alternate buying tickets. She adds that taking care of bills...

The first forest fire of the season has been reported just west of Cochrane.  Fortunately, it was small and is now out. MNR fire information officer Isabelle Chenard says it was near the junction of Fear Rd.and Fournier Con. 6 -- a grass fire measuring 1.5 hectares. That’s just under...

A story about the first babies to arrive in 1963 is the subject of this week’s look at Kapuskasing and area history. The January 9th edition of the Northern Times features the three-way race for the first baby of the year between the Zarachuk, Robineau and Slote families. The honour...

North Claybelt Community Futures Development Corporation is teaming up with several local businesses for a clean Kapuskasing event all next week. Spokesperson Trista Larochelle says residents have an opportunity to win prizes buy posting photos of themselves picking up trash or the bags they’ve collected to the corporation’s Facebook...

The Town of Kap’s spring clean up week begins on Monday. Residents can put items such as furniture, small household appliances, television sets, electronics and bicycles at their curbside. The items that are not selected by neighbours will be picked up by town crews during special garbage collection week...