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City plow can loop into Cobalt

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt council is recommending that the City of Temiskaming Shores can send its plow trucks down to the Golden Age Club area on Argentite Street and loop back to Silver Street before heading northeast again back to Highway 11B. They will not be plowing, but will

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Englehart has “excellent financial health”

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - The Town of Englehart has received its official audit statement for 2016, and the summary is that the town "continues to enjoy excellent financial health."One of the recommendations that has been made to the town by Kemp Elliott and Blair, the town's auditor, is that "the

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PPKS presents high energy Raw Metal show

COBALT (Staff) - You won’t want to miss the Pied Piper Kid Shows Raw Metal performance Thursday, October 12, beginning at 6:45 p.m. at the Classic Theatre in Cobalt.Raw Metal Dance Company is suitable for all children and even the adults as they are described as a highly experienced group

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Why Cobalt Lake needs high water level

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt council will be pursuing funding for a couple of projects to improve Teck Park.Council will be meeting for a quick half-hour session on Tuesday, October 24, at 6 p.m., just before its first meeting for the 2018 budget. At that time ideas for the park

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Kayak challenge making return voyage in ’18

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Organizers consider the inaugural Wabi River Kayak Challenge a success.“We are looking forward to implementing the lessons we learned as we plan for the second annual,” said Bill Brookfield, a member of the New Liskeard Lions’ event organizing committee.He was at the October 3 meeting of

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Nastawgan Trails AGM features Bruce Trail hiker

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — If you think the Nastawgan Trails Annual General Meeting is all facts and figures, you’d be going down the wrong trail.The annual general meeting on Saturday, October 14, at the Horne Granite Club in New Liskeard features a variety of activities including two hikes, a supper,

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ESCSM Intergalactic Day a far-out experience

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Staff and students at Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie (ESCSM) had an otherworldly experience recently involving blue and yellow teams of staff and students.The 6th annual Intergalactic Day, held Thursday, September 28, was a fun way for staff and students “to promote school spirit and celebrate

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Med school expanding roles

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Over the past 12 years, Northern Ontario’s medical school has a catalogue of good news stories.Ninety-four per cent of its graduates who went on to do post-graduate residencies in Northern Ontario are practising in the North.One-third of those are in smaller communities like Temiskaming Shores.But

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Honouring Leslie McFarlane with Order of the North

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY - In the life of people with special talent, there is always a moment, usually in their youth, when the community at large officially recognizes the great potential of that individual.It was in 1917 that a province-wide essay-writing competition, sponsored by the IODE, was won by Haileybury's

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Corneil remembered as girls hockey inspiration

Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – World Girls Hockey Weekend was celebrated October 7 in rinks across Canada, but the most poignant observance was perhaps right here in Temiskaming Shores.The Temiskaming Shores Minor Hockey Association (TSMHA) used the occasion to pay tribute to Alexa Corneil by retiring her number 15 Midget

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