Kapuskasing News

Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities News Release ******************** Alan Spacek, Mayor of Kapuskasing and President of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities , along with a group of Northern mayors, met with Infrastructure Ontario to discuss the future of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission .

About 150 people were transported 75 years back in time as they witnessed a historic landing at the Iroquois Falls-Porquis Junction Airport Saturday morning.

A forest fire burns near Timmins, Ont., May 24, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources-Christine Rosche A raging forest fire that's spewing smoke and ash toward Timmins has jumped Highway 144 southwest of the northern Ontario city.

Several Canadian provinces have sent crews to help fight 45 wildfires burning in northeastern Ontario and hundreds of people were in shelters, officials said.

Green TK is a non-profit community group made up of Kapuskasing residents who are worried about the state of trees in town.

PHOTO: CHRIS RIBAU/QMI AGENCY. Timmins Fire No. 9 was spreading north and east early Monday morning west of the Cache Campground.

Scattered thunderstorms with localized large hail and damaging winds are moving northeastward through portions Kapuskasing and Little Abitibi regions.

I'm sitting on top of a squirming 1,200-pound steer while a cowboy ties my left hand to its back and another tells me to grip the beast with my feet.

Carl Abou Samah better known by his stage name Karl Wolf, is coming to Kapuskasing as part of "Summer Crush", an evening of entertainment on June 9, being promoted by Empire Tavern owners Frank and Nancy Siebert.

Allison Acheson couldn't believe it when she initially heard the news. The author was going to be visiting Kapuskasing, her mom's hometown.

Lauded children's author Alison Acheson will be making a homecoming of sorts when she visits the Model Town's St.

The members of Local 256 and Local 89 at Tembec Kapuskasing were back on the job last Wednesday, after ratifying an agreement.

More than 30 peewee and bantam aged hockey players suited up on Monday to tryout of for the newly formed squads at the Archie Dillon Sportsplex.