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Smooth Rock Falls recount leaves Pelletier elected; formal declaration pending

A recount completed Nov. 6 changed vote totals but left Denise Pelletier elected to the fourth councillor seat in Smooth Rock Falls for the 2026–2030 term, according to a town notice. The town will issue the formal declaration of the recount results after the statutory period, provided no application for a judicial recount has been made.

The recount covered votes cast for Pelletier and fellow councillor candidate Serge Richard.

Council ordered the recount through a resolution adopted at a special meeting Nov. 4.

Municipal clerk and returning officer Nathalie Vachon supervised the recount, assisted by the Town of Cochrane’s deputy clerk.

Elliot Lake man fined $1,500 for exceeding public-land camping limit

Elliot Lake resident Raymond Rheaume was fined $1,500 for leaving a camping trailer on public land north of the city beyond the 21-day limit, according to Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources. He also received a two-year probation order barring him from camping on Ontario public lands

Northeast unemployment falls to 6.0% in three-month October figures

Unemployment in Ontario’s Northeast economic region fell to 6.0% from 6.5% a year earlier, according to Statistics Canada’s three-month averages ending in October 2026. The figures, released Nov. 6 in the Labour Force Survey, are not adjusted for seasonal variations. Employment rose to 292,100

Cochrane water interruption scheduled for November 6 between 12th and 13th avenues

Properties in Cochrane between 12th and 13th avenues and 5th and 6th streets are scheduled to lose water service on Friday, November 6, 2026, from 9 a.m. to noon for emergency water-leak repairs, according to a Town of Cochrane notice. The three-hour repair window is an estimate,

Cochrane’s November 12 hearing moved to fire hall at 23 Fifth Street

The public hearing for applications B04-2026 and B05-2026 on Thursday, November 12, 2026, has moved from Cochrane Town Hall to the Cochrane Fire Department at 23 Fifth Street, according to a notice from the Cochrane and Suburban Planning Board. The hearing time and all other details in the

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Elliot Lake man fined $1,500 for exceeding public-land camping limit

Northeast unemployment falls to 6.0% in three-month October figures

Cochrane water interruption scheduled for November 6 between 12th and 13th avenues

Cochrane’s November 12 hearing moved to fire hall at 23 Fifth Street