Emergency Preparedness Week May 6-12 is a national initiative promoted by Public Safety Canada.It’s an annual event filled with friendly reminders and helpful hints for citizens to be vigilant about safety and taking precautions.This year’s theme is “Be Emergency Ready.”Publications and advertisements will extol the virtues on knowing how to
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Just as the area was opening up to commerce around 1906, publisher A. E. Stephenson arrived in the area and saw the need for a community newspaper.Eloquent and determined, Stephenson's goal was to support and promote the community.Two world wars, a shift to globalization and a new era in communication
Changes in area municipal administration
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT - Three area municipalities are simultaneously undergoing administrative changes.Shawn LaCarte, who oversees the administrative department for the Town of Englehart, now has the title of clerk-treasurer. His previous title was clerk administrator/deputy treasurer.Malorie Robinson, an Englehart area resident, will take up the position of deputy clerk-treasurer for
Fundraising launched to rebuild Elk Lake shop
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ELK LAKE – Fundraising efforts are underway to help an Elk Lake carpenter rebuild after fire destroyed his workshop.The April 20 blaze claimed the Lake Street shop of Gary Palmer.The call came in just after 5:30 a.m., said George DeGagne, the Elk Lake Fire Department’s safety officer and
Bikes on the wanted list
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – Do you have a gently used kids’ bike sitting unused in the garage?The Temiskaming Shores Bicycle Friendly Communities Committee wants to hear from you.The committee will hold its second bike exchange next month at the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena.The goal is to provide bikes to kids
Rotary Club hands out Paul Harris Fellow awards
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Two community-minded businesses that are contributing funds towards the creation of a splash pad in Temiskaming Shores have been awarded the Rotary Club of Temiskaming Shores and Area Paul Harris Fellow Award.In a ceremony at Zante’s Bar
Cancer care program returning to hospital
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special/Staff) – A community support program for cancer patients is moving back to Temiskaming Hospital.Community Cancer Care provides financial help as well as emotional support and group programs for Temiskaming residents dealing with cancer.Community Cancer Care and the hospital are both community-based organizations focused on providing health-based services
Charges laid in bulldozer theft
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – Charges have been laid after police say a bulldozer was stolen from a Temagami landfill and found stuck, still running, in a snow bank.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say they received a call about the bulldozer, spotted on Milne-Sherman Road, at about 7:20 a.m. April 21.Police say it
Minor injuries in two-vehicle crash
DISTRICT (Staff) – Wintry weather late last week caused some havoc on the roads.Shortly after 10 a.m. April 28, the collision of two vehicles on Highway 11 near Uno Park Road left Highway 11 closed for a little over an hour.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police report that one driver suffered minor
Temiskaming Lodge to add 46 more beds
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The provincial government has announced that 46 new long-term care beds are to be created at Temiskaming Lodge by 2022.It’ll increase the capacity of the Haileybury facility by more than half, to 128 residents.“We are thankful for the province’s commitment to expand capacity for long-term care