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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Sudbury visitors advised of potential measles exposure
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – Local residents who were in Sudbury last week are being warned they may have been exposed to measles.The Timiskaming Health Unit (THU) says the periods of potential exposure were limited to three locations at specific times on April 23, 24 and 25.The timeframes
Underground movement endorsed
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – More than 1,200 people are estimated to have visited a Northern Ontario showcase at a mammoth mining conference earlier this year.Thirty-five small and mid-sized businesses and a dozen other community organizations took part in the first ever Northern Ontario mining supply showcase.
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Northern urging degree program expansion
TIMMINS (Special) – Northern College’s president is joining his counterparts in calling on the Ontario government to permit colleges to offer three-year degrees.“Now more than ever, employers are looking for workers that have a combination of the theoretical education typically attained through degree programs and the hands-on training
Mother’s Day 100 years old
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY/COBALT -- It was on May 9, 1914, that Mother’s Day officially became a day to mark in the United States.President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the new holiday to remind people to celebrate and honour their mothers.Other nations quickly followed in the footsteps of the
The Speaker – April 30, 2014
Multiple medals
TDSS fields the call as host site for meetsTEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – After a winter that seemed like it would never end, track and field season indicates the long wait is over.Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) had their student athletes at two meets in southern Ontario last
Walkathon marches toward new goals in 2014
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Whatever the weather - rain or shine (and hopefully not snow) – the 45th annual Walkathon will hit the roads and highways on Saturday, May 3.The one and only fundraiser for Community Living Temiskaming South once again has a goal in mind