A economic update highlights the Northern Corridor Chamber of Commerce’s annual general meeting tomorrow from 11 am to 1:30 at the Centre de Loisirs. Chamber spokesperson Donna Todd says a full line-up of guest speakers includes GreenFirst Forest Products and Kap Paper’s Ken Munnoch and Malcolm Dorsey the CEO of...

Construction on Highway 11 is not only a big topic now, but it was also back in 1961. It’s the subject of this week’s Kap history segment. A Northern Times article from June 14th, 1961 reports that heavy construction along the highway was planned according to Kap Mayor Norman S...

Kapuskasing town council is joining other municipalities in the push to have connecting link responsibilities to be turned back over to the provincial government. The town looks after 6.80 kilometres of Highway 11 and has invested over $20 million in construction and rehabilitation work since 2006. Mayor Dave Plourde says it’s...

Hydro One is warning customers of potential damage and outages ahead of a weekend windstorm. The utility’s Tiziana Baccega-Rosa says damaging gusts are expected in most parts of the province, but some areas will be harder hit. “Very much around the lake shores will see the highest wind gusts that may...

Precautionary evacuations of residents from Kashechewan First Nation to Kapuskasing in the coming weeks will proceed, albeit with some changes. That’s the word from Missanabie Cree First National Business Corporation General Manager Joe Sayers. He says that Missinabie Cree and ISN Maskwa gotten support from the federal government to...

Newcomers to Canada living in and around Cochrane have a free resource to help them navigate the immigration process. On the third Wednesday on every month – so this coming Wednesday – the outreach coordinator from the Timmins Multicultural Centre is at the Cochrane Public Library between 10:00am and 3:00pm.. Jaspreet...