DISTRICT (Special) – Residents of the Elk Lake and Matachewan areas take note – your power will be off for a six-hour stretch at the end of the month.Hydro One has announced it’ll be conducting regular maintenance Sunday, April 29.The outage is scheduled to start at 7 a.m. and run
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Highway closed
DISTRICT (Special) – The OPP have closed Highway 11 between North Bay ad New Liskeard due to deteriorating weather conditions. Police advise against any unnecessary travel.
Scotiabank Girls improved through the season
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – Getting better and having fun doing it were the driving themes of the Scotiabank Atom Girls’ season.They’ll take that attitude into the April 6-8 provincial championships in the Toronto region.“We have an amazing group of
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No on-line renewal of passports: MP
TIMMINS (Special/Staff) – Be careful when applying for a passport or renewing one.The only route is to go to a Service Canada office, an MP’s office or a Passport Canada office in person, or to mail it oneself, said Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus.“We are getting calls from people saying
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TMA backs passenger rail plan development
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – The Temiskaming Municipal Association is boarding the latest effort to restore passenger train service between Cochrane and Toronto.The association is providing $5,000 to help build a case for the revival of service along the route of the Northlander, which was discontinued in 2012.A citizens’ group, All
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Haileybury mother of three urgently needs transplant
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — A local GoFundMe campaign has been set up to raise funds for a Haileybury woman in need of a double-lung transplant.Vicky Pineau, the mother of three young boys, has been given one year to live by doctors.She wants to live a normal life as a
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Vet Services ride hot year into provincials
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – Saying the Temiskaming Veterinary Services Pee Wee Puckhounds had a great year doesn’t do their accomplishments justice.• Twenty-three wins, no losses and a tie in league play.• Nineteen tournament games won, plus a shootout win,
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Seniors’ dental care in spotlight in election lead-up
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – About two and a half years ago, amid a number of serious health concerns, Delima Dubie began to lose her teeth.The Temiskaming Shores senior recalls she was eating when she “crunched, and I wasn’t eating anything hard.”She discovered a tooth had fallen out. It was
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Mike’s making last stop at provincials
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A school of thought in sports is: the better a team’s competition, the better the development.For Mike’s One Stop Bantam C
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MPP urges province to hold off on firefighter certification
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The area’s MPP is urging the provincial government to hold off regulations that would require the certification of volunteer firefighters.Measures must be taken “to ensure that service in rural areas is not reduced or lost entirely,” wrote John Vanthof, Timiskaming-Cochrane’s New Democrat MPP, late last
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