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Ten-day Bearfest celebrates 20 years of the Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat
A new summer event in Cochrane will celebrate the Polar Bear Habitat on its 20th anniversary.
Tourism Cochrane executive director Renée Vezeau Beaulieu says the ten-day Bearfest starts on June 28th with a baseball tournament, and wraps up on July 7th with the return of mudbog.
In between those are several...
Francophone comic drag queen headlines Pride Month celebration in Hearst
It’s not the typical drag queen show Le Conseil des Arts de Hearst is putting on to celebrate Pride Month in June.
Executive and artistic director Valérie Picard says this year’s Queer Cabaret features a Francophone stand-up comic who’s also a drag queen.
“So it’s not a drag show, but rather...
Forest fire danger rating is high
Two small forest fires that sprung up over the weekend southeast and southwest of Timmins were each about a hectare in size. One is considered under control, one being held. A hectare is about two-and-a-half football fields in size.
MNRF fire information officer Alison Lake says the fire danger rating...
NAPS reports overdose surge
The Nishnawbe Aski Police Service is warning of extremely toxic drugs circulating in its territory in Northeastern Ontario. That’s partly based on a surge in overdoses reported this month -- some of them fatal.
As usual, fentanyl is the culprit. The service warns that the synthetic opioid can be made...
OPP looking for stolen ATV
One missing all-terrain vehicle has been found, but there’s still one missing from Cloutier Rd. in Hearst.
OPP say they were taken sometime between April 19th and May 5th. One was found on the snowmobile trail just west of Fushimi Lake Road on May 5th.
There’s a full description of the...
Vanthof calls on government to do something about high grocery prices
Timiskaming-Cochrane NDP MPP John Vanthof is suggesting collusion between the Ford government and the grocery giants, allowing grocery prices to be so high.
In the legislature, he said people with jobs are being forced to go to food banks.
“You know who else is having a hard time? The farmers who...
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