“Here Comes the Bride” is the title of the first display mounted by the Greater Cochrane Historical Society. Secretary Dawn Monroe says the initial idea was a study of war brides from the Second World War who settled in Canada.  The group knows of at least seven who came to...

Tina Turner thinks the attendance at this year’s seniors fair in Cochrane will beat last year’s mark of 100 people. Turner is facility manager for Cadence Retirement Residence, which is organizing the event next Tuesday, June 10th at the Commando Pavilion. “We will have a great selection of community agencies, organizations...

Our entire region is under a special air quality statement from Environment Canada and could be for several days due to smoke. It’s from wildfires burning in Western Canada, being blown into Northern Ontario. Currently, there are no fires in the forests of our coverage area. DEALING WITH THE SMOKE As smoke levels...

An eight-month long joint drug operation between Nishnawbe Aski Police, Timmins Police and the OPP has wrapped up with 22 people being charged with a total of 130 offences. Nishnawbe Aski Police Acting Detective Inspector Chris Eisenbach says six search warrants in Attawapiskat and 14 in Timmins turned up property...

The president of Legion Branch 89 in Cochrane is encouraging everyone – especially younger people – to attend a ceremony honouring the  anniversary of D-Day. It’s this Friday at 1:00pm at the cenotaph, across the bridge from the Commando Pavilion. D-Day was June 6th, 1944, the day Allied forces stormed...

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,...