Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - The Englehart and District Chamber of Commerce is still struggling for a future after meeting January 16.Another meeting, which Chamber president Wayne Stratton says will be critical, takes place Tuesday, February 20.That will be the Chamber's annual general meeting at which time a new executive is
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Funding formula changes urged to combat violence
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – According to a survey released last week, 70 per cent of Ontario’s elementary public school teachers have experienced or witnessed violence against a fellow staffer in schools.Almost 80 per cent of respondents to the survey, which was commissioned by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
Cobalt Hoist Room needs new owner and location
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - The Town of Cobalt is now preparing a Request For Proposals (RFP) from private individuals who would like to purchase the gym equipment at the Hoist Room.The Cobalt arena building sale will be final at the end of January and the equipment located upstairs must be
Englehart fire department bookkeeping settled
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - The Municipality of Charlton and Dack will be taking over bookkeeping for the Englehart and Area Fire Department, Englehart clerk-administrator Shawn LaCarte advised Englehart council Wednesday, January 24.Charlton-Dack will also be handling bills related to the fire department, he added.Four municipalities partner in the fire department
Englehart, KL hospitals pursuing amalgamation
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART – After working on their relationship over the past five years, the Englehart and Kirkland Lake hospitals are ready to tie the knot.The two hospitals announced this week that they’re pursuing formal amalgamation.They say neither hospital is to close, and all core services in both hospitals are
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Helping individuals helps everyone
Society is quickly changing, and while sometimes it may seem for the worse, in many other ways it seems that it is for the better.Society is going through a revolution in which the needs of people are being considered with a more serious view to resolutions, or at least care.
That was fast
By Steven LarocqueThe announcement last week that Canada had decided to sign a revised Trans Pacific Partnership agreement, without the United States as a signatory, was big and interesting news.With our Prime Minister in Davos, Switzerland, and American president Donald Trump about to arrive, news watchers were on the lookout
The Speaker – January 31, 2018
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Ski Village to open Saturday
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.