By Darlene WroeWhat is a municipality, and why does it matter?In this part of Ontario, there are several small municipalities.According to Statistics Canada, they range in size from 97 (Brethour Township) through to 9,920 (Temiskaming Shores, which is actually an amalgamated municipality of three former municipalities).Sitting in on council meetings
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY - The Haileybury Heritage Museum will be holding a special brunch on Sunday, October 1, to mark the 95th anniversary of the Great Fire of 1922.Everyone is welcome for the event which will take place 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.There will be a freewill offering at the
DISTRICT (Staff) - Temiskaming loves culture.That’s evident by the various vibrant arts and cultural organizations who sign up to participate in the annual Culture Days taking place September 29, 30 and October 1, both locally and across Canada.What is Culture Days?Culture Days is a collaborative, Canada-wide volunteer movement to raise
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – One driver was injured in a collision between two tractor-trailers near Temagami last week.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police responded to the collision September 19 shortly after 6:35 a.m.Police say a northbound tractor-trailer collided with a southbound unit, sending both on to the southbound shoulder and into the ditch.Police
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - The Temiskaming ambulance service, along with the District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) which administers it, are taking a stand against excessive non-urgent patient transfer calls from the hospitals.The number of non-urgent patient transfers out of the district that the ambulance service is being
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT —South Temiskaming was enveloped in a heat wave not typically seen in the first few days of fall.After a cool, wet spring and summer, summertime temperatures arrived, albeit late.Environment Canada says it has so far been a dry, hot September with little rainfall and, according to Environment
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COLEMAN TOWNSHIP - Bass Lake Park is an accomplishment of which Coleman Township is proud, and as much as the park already has to offer, the plans for the future continue to unfold.Currently work is underway in the reconstruction of one of the many small cabins on the
DISTRICT (Staff) - Access to food taps into the very pillars of what a kind and caring society is all about.Fortunately, in the South Temiskaming region, kindness abounds when the annual Temiskaming Speaker Community Food Bank drive takes place Saturday, September 30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Food bank volunteers
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES - A large number of Dymond residents have expressed opposition to the construction of two one-story four-plex rental units by DTSSAB at the intersection of Roland Road and Raymond Street.They were at Temiskaming Shores council to unanimously express opposition to the proposed construction of District of
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – It was just a split, but it was still a big weekend for the New Liskeard Cubs.Friday night on home ice the Great North Midget League team registered their first victory in six tries.“It was nice to see and it was really nice to get
