If the weather continues to cooperate, the Tri-Town Ski and Snowboard Village plans to have their opening weekend January 27 and 28.It will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.
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Weekender – January 26, 2018
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Help for opioid overdoses growing
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Fast-acting medication that can temporarily reverse an opioid overdose is now available for free from the Timiskaming Health Unit.Each kit offers two doses of naloxone nasal spray.They can be picked up at health unit offices in New Liskeard, Englehart and Kirkland Lake.While naloxone won’t permanently
Lack of funding quashes Latchford application
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD - The Town of Latchford has received notice from Infrastructure Ontario that its application for a natural gas extension has been denied.The application had been submitted on behalf of the town by Union Gas, which has service nearby.Latchford Mayor George Lefebvre told The Speaker in a telephone
Police urge snowmobilers to drive with caution
DISTRICT (Staff/Special) -- The Temiskaming detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding snowmobilers to try to avoid lakes and remain on land-based trails if possible to reach their destinations."If you have to travel any lake, please do so with caution, as no ice can be considered 100 per
MP calls out tax phone scam
TIMMINS (Special) – As income tax season arrives, Timmins-James Bay’s MP is warning the public to be wary of suspicious phone calls.In a news release, MP Charlie Angus said a phone scam has resurfaced in the area in which recipients are advised that they owe taxes or are facing charges
Driving home a message
Serious snow
Winter in Temiskaming means cold temperatures and snowfall.That’s about as basic as it gets.Plenty of people will gripe and moan when either occurs.You have to plug in the car, dress in layers, waddle along in heavy and cumbersome clothes and generally feel uncomfortable for stretches of time.The snow means shovelling,
Resolution dissolution
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter In my ongoing drive to declutter, I recently opened a plastic storage bin and discovered a copy of the Ottawa Citizen I’d picked up January 1, 2000.Ah, the Millennium (or not…experts in the field insist it began January 1, 2001).I remember watching the television coverage that began December
ACFO-Témiskaming honours volunteers
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The tight-knit francophone community of South Temiskaming got together Sunday to break bread, celebrate their joie de vivre and honour two outstanding volunteers.On January 21 the 23rd ACFO-Témiskaming (Association canadienne-francaise de l’Ontario) brunch took place at the Riverside Place in New Liskeard with 110 people