Smooth Rock Falls is changing the way it handles forest fire and flood evacuees from the far north. The town has partnered with ISN-Maskwa to take care all evacuation emergencies this year. Administrator Yvan Marchand says the town will be involved on a limited basis compared to the past when...

Ontario Provincial Police are reminding youth that throwing rocks at vehicles is dangerous for the drivers….and against the law. This, after two 14-year-olds were charged for throwing rocks off the Mattagami River bridge on Highway 11 in Smooth Rock Falls last Saturday.  The youth were charged with mischief, destroys or...

On the same day the federal NDP announced that Charlie Angus of Timmins-James Bay would not run in the next election, it also announced Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing’s Carol Hughes is calling it a day. The 16-year MP says she’ll spend more time with her retired husband and their family, which includes five...

The Sensenbrenner Hospital Foundation is inching slowly to wrapping up fundraising for the Dialysis Unit project. Manager Mireille Dubosq the foundation has collected more than $323,600 thus far but remains just over 148,000 short of its target. “We looked at donations that will be coming in on a yearly basis,"...

After 20 years and seven elections, Timmins-James Bay New Democratic MP Charlie Angus says he won’t run in next year’s federal election. He made that announcement now… because with riding redistribution, Timmins-James Bay officially disappears this month. Angus notes that the new Mushkegowuk-Kapuskasing-Timmins will be 20,000 square kilometres larger than Timmins-James...

The town of Hearst is launching a program for residents to have a piece of park furniture named after their loved ones. Administrator Eric Picard says two un-related events including one-off requests spurred the interest in making it an annual activity. “This whole policy is one a way to inform...