Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The engineering to reconstruct a half-kilometre stretch of Albert Street in Haileybury will be completed this year.That means it’ll be shovel-ready when funding opportunities arise, said Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd after council met February 7.The engineering will be completed
Monthly Archives: February 2017
City rolls into bronze bike-friendly status
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – In the mid-February depths of winter, few people are thinking of biking.But that may change.Temiskaming Shores has been awarded a bronze level standing as a bicycle friendly community by the Share the Road Cycling Coalition.The city joins Thunder Bay
Airport authority expected to land March 1
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP -- The Earlton Timiskaming Regional Airport Authority (ETRAA) is officially on solid ground.The airport authority has been established and its first chair is Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd.“Everything looks to be in line for the official takeover on March 1, 2017,”
RED LEAF DAY
Temiskaming Shores showed a little love for the country after Valentine’s Day. The Maple Leaf was raised in a February 15 ceremony at city hall to mark National Flag of Canada Day and in honour of the country’s 150th anniversary. Watching as Mayor Carman Kidd raised the flag were,
Municipal levies offset
Social services administration budget set for 2017Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- DTSSAB’s 2017 budget will increase just 0.01 per cent overall, chief administrative officer Don Studholme reported to the board at its regular meeting Wednesday, February 15, in Englehart.“We always put the municipalities’ issue at the
Northern mining showcase growing
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special/Staff) – Ninety exhibitors will be under the Northern Ontario banner at next month’s mammoth mining conference.The Northern Ontario Mining Showcase will make its fourth annual appearance at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference March 5 through 8.In 2016, it was credited with