The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Hearst Lumberjacks are looking for a new Head Coach. The team announced that Marc Alain Begin has stepped down to pursue the new opportunity as Director of Parks and Recreation for the town of Hearst. Begin spent five seasons behind the bench where he...

We’re still at the radar base in Lowther this week, for our local history feature. Last week, we told you about the changeover from American to Canadian command coming up on July 1st, 1963, as reported by the Northern Times. In that same issue, an editorial paid tribute to the United...

The good kind of lightning has struck twice for Shawn Adams.  He calls it the luck of the Irish. The retired medical lab tech from Temiskaming Shores has won the Timmins and District Hospital Foundation’s monthly 50-50 draw for the second time! This time, Adams is sharing $116,132.00  with his Mom,...

We’re still at the radar base in Lowther this week, for our local history feature. Last week, we told you about the changeover from American to Canadian command coming up on July 1st, 1963, as reported by the Northern Times. In that same issue, an editorial paid tribute to the United...

Time is running out to have the studded tires removed from your car for the summer. That word today from Acting Sgt. Michelle Simard of the OPP. “You can have studded tires on your vehicle between September 1st and May 31st if you live in Northern Ontario,” she says. “That’s one...

-Reported by Richard Coffin The Ontario Government is creating a new $500 million Critical Minerals Processing Fund, and the north is expected to benefit.   That from Vic Fedeli, Nipissing MPP and Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade.   He says it also helps protect the province and its workers from...