Craft beer, live music and community spirit will be on tap in Matheson on Saturday, Oct. 4, as the annual OctoBeer Festival returns in support of the Floyd Hembruff Civic Centre.

The Cochrane Regional Food Bank has broken ground on a major warehouse expansion to meet what officials say is record-high demand for food assistance across northern Ontario. The Food Bank, which ...

A year after the Lillabelle Lake Road Bridge was closed due to significant deterioration, the Town of Cochrane is still considering how to address the issue. “For the projects that were approved for ...

More than 75 community members gathered downtown on Aug. 13 to celebrate the unveiling of a vibrant new mural that pays tribute to over a century of utility services in Cochrane. Originally known as ...

For more than 40 years, the lifeguard chairs at Commando Lake have been a familiar sight for summer visitors, standing watch over generations of swimmers. But time and weather had taken their toll, ...

The Porcupine Health Unit advised on Thursday that the boiled water order for Vaillancourt Trailer Park is still in place and will continue until the residents are told otherwise. Terry O’Donnell of ...

People who avoid meat and dairy products in their diets are 12 per cent less likely to get cancers, reports a new study of 80,000 Americans. Agritourism Ontario is partnering with Workplace Safety & ...

Council endorsed a petition received from the newly formed Ontarians Seeking Equal Cancer Care (O-SECC) directed to the Ontario Legislature. In the letter, the chair Gerry Lougheed stated the Ontario ...

The Cochrane Public Library is carrying its summer momentum into the fall after its TD Summer Reading Club drew record participation. This year’s Summer Reading Club, themed ‘Around the World,’ ...

Flags are flying at half-mast in Cochrane after four young people were killed in a collision between an ATV and transport truck on Highway 11 near Moonbeam early on Aug. 16. OPP confirmed the crash ...

The Cochrane Fall Fair returns on Sept. 5 and 6 at the Cochrane Fairgrounds, offering a weekend of family fun, live music, and a celebration of a community tradition that dates back over 100 years. At ...

Terry O’Donnell of the Porcupine Health Unit has provided Rita Vaillancourt owner of Vaillancourt Trailer Park and provider of the communal water supply for the homes with a boiled water order.