http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com Recent Local News en-us Copyright: (c) 2010 www.kapuskasingtimes.com, All rights reserved. http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2691022 What is perhaps most surprising about Tom Cochrane is that the man likes to talk. Ask him question and off he goes. Feed him a topic and he'll chat your ear off.[...] Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:59:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2691022 129248999400000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2691011 Ernest Louis Tivy began teaching at the Hearst Public School in 1928 and was appointed the first principal in 1930, with a second teacher on staff, Florence Nancekieville. He served as principal for 2 more years, leaving in 1933.[...] Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:51:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2691011 129248994600000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2690985 About every three minutes, someone in Canada dies of cancer. Michel Haché of Hearst wants to help change that.[...] Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:41:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2690985 129248988600000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2690982 Fauquier region residents will soon rediscover Maurice Gaudreault's work, as the municipality of Fauquier-Strickland will pay tribute to the late sculptor during a memorial art gallery exhibition from August 7 to August 11.[...] Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:37:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2690982 129248986200000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2690981 In its ongoing effort to reduce wait times for joint replacement surgery, the Northeast Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) is, over the course of this year, creating assessment centres in the region's largest communities, including Timmins.[...] Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:36:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2690981 129248985600000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2690980 Canadian author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch was in Kapuskasing recently, researching her latest project – a young-adult book about the internment of Turks in the camps located in Kapuskasing during the first World War.[...] Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:35:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2690980 129248985000000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2690979 There were no flight data recorders on a helicopter that crashed near Elk Lake Friday, although National Transportation Safety Board investigators believe they can retrieve information from other components on the ill-fated flight.[...] Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:33:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2690979 129248983800000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2685268 What is perhaps most surprising about Tom Cochrane is that the man likes to talk. Ask him question and off he goes. Feed him a topic and he'll chat your ear off.[...] Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:40:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2685268 129246288000000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2684226 Two people are dead after a helicopter crashed in what the OPP is describing as a heavily wooded between area between Elk Lake and Gowganda. The Temiskaming OPP where contacted shortly after 2:00 p.m.[...] Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:22:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2684226 129244729200000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2682460 The following road closures will take effect as of July 22 at 7 a.m. due to the Lumberjack Heritage Festival. a) McPherson Avenue from Highway 11 (just beyond to the Bay view Apartments) to Riverside Drive.[...] Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:32:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2682460 129243691200000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680902 Seventy-nine-year-old Marcel Barriault now spends his summers relaxing in his trailer at Twin Lakes, but 50 years ago he would have spent his summer in the bush, a place he knows well, having spent his entire working life in the forests around Kapuskasing.[...] Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:34:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680902 129243044400000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680900 Sharpen those axes and pull on those work boots...the 11th annual Lumberjack Heritage Festival des bûcherons. With free admission to the park being offered once again, Riverside Park will be the place to be during day on Saturday and Sunday.[...] Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:32:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680900 129243043200000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680895 Tom Cochrane is a Canadian music legend, no question. Canada loves him because he sings about Canada; Canada loves him because he's had U.S. success, but still calls Canada home; Canada loves him because the guy can put on a show.[...] Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:29:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680895 129243041400000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680885 Headlines, newscasts and newspaper letters pages have been a-buzz in the last couple of weeks as consumers raise a hew and cry over the introduction of an environmental, or 'eco', fee when purchasing certain products, like anti-freeze, for instance.[...] Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:25:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680885 129243039000000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680883 Bowling Gold: Géraldine Lozier +339 Silver: Yvain Noël +236 Bronze: Thérèse Hamann (no score available) Women: Armande Dumais +146 Men: Ed Karpa +94 Euchre Gold: Ernest et Suzanne Desgroseilliers Silver: Diane et Marcel Girouard Bronze: Monique Shoppoff et Diane Boutin Darts Gold: Gérard Brisson [...] Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:24:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680883 129243038400000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680879 An article that ran in the July 7 edition of The Northern Times contained an error. In the story about the validation of a carbon credit tree plantation on Clear Lake Road in Kapuskasing, the company Trees For Clean Air was mistakenly named as the owner of the project.[...] Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:23:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680879 129243037800000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680875 New power projects — With really no discussion, Kapuskasing Council passed a motion supporting Xeneca Power's plan to construct four run-of-river power dams on the Kapuskasing River, well up river from the Hydroméga dams nearer to this community.[...] Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:19:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680875 129243035400000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680869 Nearly 50 years after they became the first Northern Ontario team to win an all-Ontario fastball championship, the Val Albert Braves' amazing achievement has finally been memorialized.[...] Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:17:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680869 129243034200000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680866 Mattice-Val Côté hosted what is possibly the most unique summer festival in the region. The brainchild of Gérard Chalifoux, the administrator at St-François-Xavier Church and a lover of all things medieval, the festival began five years ago.[...] Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:12:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680866 129243031200000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680861 Fighting solar power price change The Ontario Solar Network is arguing the Ontario Power Authority's plan to reduce the microFIT contract rates for ground-mounted solar projects will hurt an industry that is in its infancy.[...] Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:09:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2680861 129243029400000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668569 A Kapuskasing company in the new carbon offset credit sales market has become the first in the country to receive a third-party thumbs up for its business practices.[...] Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:11:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668569 129236082600000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668439 On Tuesday July 13th, 2010 at approx 7:00pm James Bay OPP Detachments - Kapuskasing were called to a drowning incident on Freddy Flat Rd. Several persons had been gathered at a gravel pit for a day of summer activities.[...] Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:43:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668439 129236029800000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668322 Not many people can turn their passion into their job. Ms Theriault Theriault is not one of those people. The wildlife artist and portrait painter has been able to do just that. Originally from Kapuskasing, Ms Theriault now calls Great Sudbury home.[...] Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:26:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668322 129235983600000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668319 Samantha Powell is the second best chess player in Canada under the age of 17. Not only that, but also this is the second year in a row that the Cité des Jeunes student can claim that distinction.[...] Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:23:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668319 129235981800000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668314 The Kap Outdoors Club is once again bringing entertainment to the Model Town, as Canadian country musician and Canadian Idol runner-up Jaydee Bixby takes the stage in the Civic Centre Auditorium on Aug.[...] Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:21:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668314 129235980600000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668309 Complaints about Ontario's new Harmonized Sales Tax abound since it came into effect, for most goods and services (some took effect beforehand), on July 1.[...] Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:19:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668309 129235979400000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668305 Slight change coming for TV guide Thanks very much to readers who contacted The Times with some suggestions for changes to the new format of the TV guide. It was asked that we include weekend daytime listings to the guide, and we have looked into it and we will be able to modify the guide for that.[...] Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:17:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668305 129235978200000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668297 The crowds. The smoke. The people. The action. Former Kapuskasing resident Mike Wood was part of all this last week during the G20 summit in Toronto. Although a roofer by trade, photography is a hobby for Mr.[...] Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:14:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668297 129235976400000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668287 Steelworkers Local 2995 in Kapuskasing is no more. And it is 1,200 members stronger. Effective June 17, 1,800-member strong Local 2995 and dwindling Local 1-2693 in Thunder Bay have joined forces to form a new local, Local 1-2010.[...] Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:09:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668287 129235973400000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668285 Officers from the Crime Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police, James Bay Detachments have charged a former long time employee of the Caisse Populaire de Hearst Limitee, following a lengthy investigation into allegations of theft and fraud.[...] Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:08:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668285 129235972800000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668274 Work has resumed out at Smoky Falls after it was stopped last week so that officials could investigate a report that a burial site was located in the area of ongoing construction.[...] Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:03:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668274 129235969800000000 http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668273 Sensenbrenner Hospital annual general meeting report It was talk of recruitment, education and financial challenges at Sensenbrenner Hospital's annual general meeting this month.[...] Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:01:00 GMT http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2668273 129235968600000000