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Cold warning continues
Extreme Cold Warning in effect for:Kirkland Lake – EnglehartNew Liskeard – TemagamiA prolonged period of very cold wind chills continues.A huge Arctic air mass continues to keep a strong frigid grip over Northern Ontario.Nighttime wind chill values near minus 40 or below are expected in most areas until Monday.Wind chills
Weekender – December 29, 2017
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Electric car industry fuels hope for mining resurgence
Story of The YearDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter SOUTH TEMISKAMING - The possibility of a resurgence in area mining has been raising hope among area people with interests in economic development.Over the past year there has been a growing amount of activity by more than a dozen junior mining companies as they search
Editorial cartoon December 27:
New days – same as the old?
By Steven LarocqueFrom the December 19 Toronto Star, by Martin Regg Cohn:“A year ago - call it the ghost of Christmas past - the media peppered Kathleen Wynne with questions about stepping down early to spare her Liberals a humiliating defeat in the next election.This week - perhaps the ghost
Going forward with optimism
It's a new year, like a shiny new toy. It's the bright and beckoning 2018.None of us know for sure what is ahead in the new year, but in Northern Ontario, we generally look forward with optimism.We do so because we have seen so much in our neighbours and friends
A quilter’s paradise opens in Earlton
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter EARLTON - “Build it and they will come,” says Quilting Barn owner Suzanne Gauthier.And area quilters and sewers did indeed come to The Quilting Barn’s grand opening in Earlton on Saturday, December 9.Gauthier did things in a big way, cutting an entire bolt of fabric unrolled with a
City, employees reach three-year agreements
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – As a new year begins, the city has three-year agreements in place with all its employees.On December 19, Temiskaming Shores council approved a new collective agreement with Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 5014.CUPE represents about 72 full-time and part-time city employees.The new agreement, which
City OKs $16.6-million budget in principle
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – While a few figures have yet to be confirmed, the city anticipates that it’ll collect about 2.2 per cent more in municipal taxes in 2018.Temiskaming Shores adopted its budget in principle December 19.Its estimated operations budget is $16.6 million, up one per cent from 2017.