Dear Editor:TMA (Temiskaming Municipal Association) just changed their constitution and got rid of those troublesome unorganized citizens of Ontario.After all they are free loaders and should not have a say -- and we as organized can do a much better job than them
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Thousands spring to Earlton Farm Show
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – Chicks and rabbits, goats and lambs, calves and an estimated 3,000-plus human visitors turned out for the Earlton Farm Show.Attendance at the two-day show was up a little from 2015, said Norm Koch, a member of the show’s organizing committee.Crowds toured
Town has photos – Ministry denies environmental problems at dam site
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD -- The Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) media relations department says the ministry is “not aware of any significant downstream impacts” due to the March 14 removal of wooden stop-logs from the new section of the Latchford dam.The media department acknowledges that
UP, OVER, ONGOING
The 2016 edition of the Temiskaming Track Club has grown from last season with about 200 kids like Jake Koza running and jumping through the halls at Timiskaming District Secondary School. The Tuesday and Thursday late afternoon sessions will continue through to June 9 for student athletes in grades
On the mark
Algonquin cadets hit their targets in TrentonTEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – A team of local sharpshooters pulled the trigger on an elite finish at a competition in Trenton last weekend.Five cadets from the 2344 The Algonquin Regiment Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps were there April 16-17 for the
Walkathon eyes new van for Community Living
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Shoes wear out. Vehicles wear out.But there’s never a hole or a breakdown in the enthusiasm for the Walkathon.Community Living Temiskaming South’s (CLTS) 47th annual fundraiser for people with intellectual disabilities is just around the cornerThis year’s theme is Join the
Multiple charges laid against Elk Lake man
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – An Elk Lake man faces more than a dozen charges after an incident that left two police vehicles damaged.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say events began around 7:25 p.m. April 9, when officers tried to stop a vehicle for stunt driving on Highway 11 near
CLARIFICATION
The Festival des Folies Franco-Fun committee awarded the Pierre Angulair Cornerstone Award to the members of the L’Union Culturelle des Franco-Ontariennes (UCFO) of New Liskeard on the occasion of their 50th anniversary. In a C-Front story (Community Joie de Vivre) that appeared in our April 13 edition there may
Bus Passenger Service
Bus passenger serviceWe return this week to the topic of bus passenger service for Northeastern Ontario and comments from the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission in response to a letter they received from Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus.Mr. Angus reiterated to ONTC President and Chief Executive Officer
From the Editor’s Desk
Odds And Ends A community newspaper editor flips through his notebook:CHARLIE ANGUSCharlie Angus has been the New Democratic Party MP for Timmins-James Bay since 2004. In that timeframe perhaps he’s had no busier stretch than what he’s been dealing with in the past