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On the courts

The Girls high school basketball season continues Thursday, October 10: Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) will be at Ecole secondaire catholique Ste-Marie for games at 1 and 2:30 p.m. The … Continue reading On the courts →

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City agrees in principle to Rockin’ requests

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – City council has agreed in principle to requests from organizers of the 2025 Rockin’ on Canada Day event. Temiskaming Shores council has also …

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BALES OF FUN

Nine-year-old Ellie Shaver of Temiskaming Shores showed boundless energy bounding over bales of hay October 5 at the Craig Haven Farm and Gardens Pumpkin Patch in Hudson Township. The Pumpkin …

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RIDING INTO FALL

  It was a first “horse” ride for ten-month-old Makoa, who was joined aboard a plywood model by mom Leigha Wabie at Aidie Creek Gardens’ Fall Fun Days on the …

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New Harvest Queen and princesses crowned

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — It was a coronation with a country theme, when the 2024 New Liskeard Fall Fair Queen and her two princesses were crowned last …

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Quilt sale will support Comfy Quilters

ENGLEHART (Staff) – The Next Stop Englehart Quilters Guild has created a quilt it is selling to raise funds for the Comfy Quilters. The Comfy Quilters is a sub-committee of …

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Keepers of the Circle honours MMIWG Day

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The New Liskeard Keepers of the Circle hosted an awareness-raising day in alignment with the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered …

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A sad outcome in human rabies case

The Speaker, along with others who have heard, is very saddened by the news that a Brantford area child has died as the result of contracting rabies. It is particularly …

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Keep It Real

This National Newspaper Week 2024, News Media Canada is celebrating the credible, factual news – written by humans for humans – that Canadian newspapers produce. October 6 marked the start …

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Silver for Spartans at Scarlet and Gold

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART — The Englehart High School Senior Girls basketball team rolled through the Scarlet and Gold Basketball Tournament held at Chippewa Secondary School in North Bay …

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Cubs enter win column with weekend victories

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The Cubs were thrown into the mix of the Great North U18 League season fairly quickly with three games on just their second …

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Cobalt council resolves to tighten belt

Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter COBALT – Cobalt council and staff plan to conduct a service review in the near future. Auditor Danielle Girard of Kemp, Elliot and Blair …

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Brantford area child dies after rabies contact

Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter GOWGANDA/BRANTFORD – A Brantford area child has died after contracting rabies. The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit Acting Medical Officer of Health Dr. Malcolm Lock commented …

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CONSTRUCTIVE SUPPORT

Georgia-Pacific has made a $10,000 donation to the Blanche River Health (BRH) Foundation to support capital upgrades at the Englehart hospital. “At Georgia-Pacific, we believe in giving back to the …

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Hockey Hub opens at Shelley Herbert-Shea Memorial Arena

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — There’s something new coming to the Shelley Herbert-Shea Memorial Arena, involving all things hockey related. The Hockey Hub business, owned by Micheal Smith, …

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Vanthof readying for early provincial election

Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter DISTRICT – Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof has been nominated as the riding’s candidate for the next provincial election. That election must be held no …

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Temiskaming Shores to seek a new councillor

    Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – There’s a vacant seat on city council. Councillor Jesse Foley, who has served on Temiskaming Shores council since being elected in …

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Integrity Commissioner delays report to Latchford council

    Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD — E4m Solutions representative Peggy Young-Lovelace delayed presenting Latchford council with an Integrity Commission (IC) report, almost eight months in the making, at …

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