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POCKET PICKING

Devon Merkley, left, and Tyresse Batisse work on their defensive and offensive skills April 27 at the Haileybury Arena and Recreation Centre. The Tri-Town Lacrosse Association is back in business Tuesday and Wednesday evenings with Pee Wees, Bantams and Midgets learning the finer and, sometimes, grittier aspects of the

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Teaching the teachers

Learning to pass along the basicsTEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A new course of action is available to teachers, coaches and recreation leaders looking to lend kids a hand with physical activity.Run Jump Throw Wheel (RJTW) is a national program coming to Temiskaming Shores later this month.Developed

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Temagami holding by-election to fill vacancy

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – Temagami voters will be casting ballots in a by-election after council failed to appoint any of the applicants for a vacant councillor seat.The by-election will be a first for Temagami, said Mayor Lorie Hunter earlier this week.The vacancy was created when

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TDSS student reaches entrepreneurial finals

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – In an era of take-out and microwave dinners, a young entrepreneur says kids need to learn how to feed themselves.Sally Potter, a Grade 10 student at Timiskaming District Secondary School, envisions a series of weekly camps – covering such topics as gardening, grocery shopping

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VITAL SERVICE

The Canadian Blood Services (CBS) hosted a blood donor clinic at Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) on Tuesday, April 26 from 1-7 p.m.. The goal for the clinic is 155 units, according to CBS Supervisor Heather Fantin. She said, “We always reach our goal here in this region.” Temiskaming

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City plotting ’16 hardtop maintenance

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – As the snow disappears, the road maintenance season is ready to start.Temiskaming Shores will spend a little more than $925,000 to maintain asphalt roadways this year.The lion’s share of the budget, at $660,000, is allocated to resurfacing a stretch of Lakeshore Road North

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