Monthly Archives: June 2016

A time to celebrate

Traditions shared in tenth annual TDSS PowwowDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="12755,12754,12753"]TEMISKAMING SHORES -- The sound of drums filled the air across the school grounds of Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) on Friday, June 3.Brightly coloured costumes swirled and jingled as their wearers twirled and stamped

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“People are frustrated”

TMA expressing concern about provincial energy directionDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- At several venues wherever municipal representatives have been meeting in the past couple of weeks, there have been repeated concerns expressed about rising costs in the North, and the impacts on municipalities and on property

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Province seeking input on ag expansion

DISTRICT (Special/Staff) – Do you have an idea to expand agriculture, food processing and aquaculture in Northern Ontario?The province wants to hear from you.It’s developing a strategy that it says will help drive policies, programs and investments in Northern Ontario over the next 20 years.The Ontario

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Orange Drop draws in loads of recyclables

Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – From triple-a to automotive batteries, tins of paint to four-litre jugs of oil, nothing was too big or too small for the annual Orange Drop event on June 4.“(We) had a great turnout,” said Steve Tebworth of Drain-All, the Ottawa-area company

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Celebrating over a century of railroading

ENGLEHART (Staff) -- Ontario Northland will be holding its first spike-driving competition in Englehart on Saturday, June 11.The fun-filled event is being organized to celebrate the development of Northern Ontario through railroadings and to relive some of the recreational pursuits of railroad workers and their families over

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