BREAKING NEWS: School buses are cancelled for our region that's for Kapuskasing-Smooth Rock Falls-Hearst. This is for all four school boards English and French Public and Catholic, but schools are open for learning. Please consult your school for the lesson plan of the day.  

Leading up to the federal election, our news department has offered the candidates for Kapuskasing-Timmins-Mushkegowuk a chance to be heard on our newscasts. We sent them a questionnaire, offering to put the responses on our websites and let them talk about a couple them on-air. First up is New Democrat Nicole...

A Kinsmen Club draw to help fund a new ambulance for Kapuskasing is the subject of our weekly look at local history. A photo of the January 16th, 1963 edition of the Northern Times shows newspaper president and publisher Rene Piche purchasing the first ticket of the 129 club from...

Kapuskasing Town Council meetings can now be viewed from your computer or mobile device. Clerk Chantal Guillemette says the meetings have been streaming since last August to get councillors and staff up to speed with the new technology. She adds there are different ways to tune including through the town’s...

The provincial transportation ministry has pulled a quick U-turn on a decision to shut down the Gardiner Ferry.  The cable ferry crosses the Abitibi River about 30 kilometres north of Cochrane on Hwy. 579. Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof says MTO said the cable ferry hadn’t passed Transport Canada inspection. “It ran...

The outgoing president of the Northern Corridor Chamber Commerce says the organization has a bright future ahead. Cathy Courchesne highlighted the relaunch of the Hearst Business Awards and the meetings with the Cochrane Board of Trade during her speech at the annual meeting on Wednesday afternoon. She noted the corridor needs...