As award shows go, one in Cochrane on Saturday was pretty swanky and is being declared a total success. The Cochrane Board of Trade staged the Business Achievement Gala for the first time. President Frank Louvelle promises it will be back every year. “We definitely want to make this an annual...

Wildland fire season is already in full swing in British Columbia and Alberta, but so far, so good in Northeastern Ontario. Natural Resources and Forestry ministry fire information officer Evan Lizotte says there have been ten fires this season, but they’re all out. “The hazard is currently low in the Northeast...

In Cochrane history from April, 1994: Construction had begun on a new water treatment plant. As reported in the April 2nd Cochrane Times, construction was preceded by a day, by the official sod turning on Monday, March 28th. Public Utilities Commission general manager Peter Murray said contractors were hoping to hire...

The community garden in Iroquois Falls has one planter box left up for grabs. There’s a total of 28 in a fenced off area behind the sports complex, towards the tennis courts and ballpark. Manager of recreation services Steve Bélanger says you can plant anytime, but most gardeners wait until...

The MPP for Temiskaming-Cochrane is the co-sponsor of an NDP bill at Queen’s Park called “The Right to Repair Act”. John Vanthof says other jurisdictions have similar legislation, forcing manufacturers of electronic products, autos and farming equipment to provide access to manuals and spare parts, so that someone other than...

Residents of the James Bay-Albany River Kashechewan First Nation are currently in Kapuskasing and Timmins, in a precautionary evacuation ahead of spring flooding. It’s not the municipalities hosting them. It’s ISN Maskwa, the emergency management arm of the Missinabie Cree Business Corporation. General manager Joe Sayers says ISN Maskwa consults...