DISTRICT (Staff) -- Dedicated and inspired community volunteers are now preparing for area district fall fairs.The public is encouraged to offer support for the volunteers who are maintaining these valued regional traditions.The Englehart and District Agricultural Society meets on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the
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TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) — A Blood Donor Clinic is being held at Riverside Place in New Liskeard on Tuesday, May 9.Located at 55 Whitewood Avenue in New Liskeard, the Blood Donor Clinic will be open from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.The Canadian Blood Services is urging people to donate blood
At 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry issued a flood watch for the Lake Temiskaming/Ottawa River, Matabitchuan River and Montreal River watersheds.The ministry said a weather system will move across the district on Friday and will remain through the weekend.Up to 50 millimetres of
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Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter EARLTON — When Claire Proctor heard crying coming from her Armstrong Township barn recently, she never expected to see a tiny bear cub clinging to the side rafters.“I thought it was cats crying at first, then I realized it was a bear cub,” said
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – In the wake of the U.S. countervailing duties on softwood lumber, Ontario is calling on the federal government to create a loan guarantee program.Ontario is joining Quebec in calling for a federal program to protect forest companies, said Natural Resources and Forestry Minister Kathryn
By Steven Larocque Speaker Editor Traditions – personal, familial, societal – take place throughout the year. A holiday like Christmas springs to mind immediately and with it the traditions people create and observe – erecting a real tree, specific decorations for specific places, the turkey cooked to maximum
There are some key steps that are needed to help the North reverse its decline and move forward into a changing global economy.A recent FedNor announcement to assist infrastructure projects in the region is good news, particularly in its support of the local dairy industry’s development.The Timiskaming
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TORONTO -- Timiskaming-Cochrane’s MPP says the 2017 Ontario budget seems to have overlooked Northern Ontario."Whatever has something to do with Northern Ontario, it's been cut," said New Democratic Party MPP John Vanthof in a telephone interview with The Speaker May 1."You just
