COBALT (Staff) – Are you yearning for a fun evening spending time with friends and family listening to beautiful Christmas music delivered by local performers – all for a good cause?Then you will want to attend former Harvest Queen Hannah Fedechko-Conroy’s A Christmas To Remember “A Step into Christmas” shows at the
Monthly Archives: December 2017
Weekender – December 15, 2017
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Safe trucking campaign continues
The Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding the motoring public about Operation Safe Trucking.This annual campaign, which runs until December 15, focusses on enforcing rules of the road and moving violations, but specifically for Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMV).The OPP investigates thousands of preventable CMV collisions every
Bethlehem Walk attracts hundreds of visitors
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter THORNLOE - Bethlehem came to Thornloe on a chilly Sunday night as hundreds of people took a walk through the woods for a depiction of The Christmas story.The ancient story surrounding the birth of baby Jesus came to life during the 17th annual Thornloe Crossroads Baptist Church Bethlehem
Brampton woman dies in Hwy. 11 crash
TEMAGAMI (Staff/Special) – A Brampton woman was killed in a collision involving two tractor-trailers last week on Highway 11 south of Temagami.Amandeep Kaur Mangat, 33, of Brampton had been a passenger in a northbound tractor-trailer.She was declared dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred shortly before 9 a.m.
City to consider alternative affordable housing location
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – An affordable housing proposal in Temiskaming Shores may be revived.A city councillor is proposing that the municipality donate land at the north end of Grant Drive in Dymond Township for the District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) housing project.Late last month, council narrowly
Food drive on
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Don’t be alarmed if you see Smokey the Bear and paramedics this weekend.They’ll be at Walmart and Chartrand’s Your Independent Grocer on December 16 collecting donations for local food banks.The pre-Christmas collection was launched almost a decade ago by staffers with what was then the Ministry
Bird counters spread their wings this weekend
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT - Sharpen your observation skills and grab your bird identification books as the first Christmas Bird Count of 2017 in the South Temiskaming region is scheduled to take flight this weekendThe Hilliardton Marsh Research and Education Centre (HMREC) count begins on Saturday, December 16, at 8:45 a.m.Meet
Local photographer feeds her passion – and others
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter COBALT – The Cobalt/Coleman/Latchford and Area Food Bank can picture a nice start to the new year.Cobalt photographer Sue Nielsen
Corneil named acting MOH
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – While the Timiskaming Health Unit continues to search for a new full-time medical officer of health, a Temiskaming Shores physician has been hired on an acting basis.Glenn Corneil has been named acting medical officer of health of the district’s public health unit for the next