[caption id="attachment_11944" align="alignleft" width="250"] Darlene Wroe[/caption]A recent trip out to British Columbia provided a reminder about the amazing history of the First Nations people in this country.There the reminders are more clear.
This is what health care cuts doDear Editor:Is this called Healthcare?In Canada, we are lucky enough to have a health care system that is highly revered and is also held as one of the foremost examples to be emulated by other countries. Why is it
This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Grade 12 Timiskaming District Secondary School Co-op student Darien Sauve.Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter 1. What is your full name?
THUNDER BAY (Special) – An Earlton woman has been formally recognized for many years of community involvement with a host of organizations.Debbie Demers was presented the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award at a ceremony at Thunder Bay city hall March 29.The citation at the
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COLEMAN TOWNSHIP -- Claire Bigelow retired Thursday, March 31 from the position of clerk-treasurer of Coleman Township after more than 35 years.She has been in the company of numerous staff people and councils over the years, but noted that she had been working alongside
April is Cancer Awareness Month and the Canadian Cancer Society kicks off the month with their daffodil sales fundraiser. For a cash offering you can pick up a daffodil pin for your coat, suit or other clothing. Volunteering at Chartrand’s Grocer Saturday, April 2 are students, Daykota Garton and
City urges residents to put waste in right placeDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city wants residents to watch what they recycle.Temiskaming Shores is launching an educational campaign to encourage residents to “put waste in the right place.”More and more non-recyclables are
DISTRICT (Staff/Special) — If you were a miner in Northern Ontario, employed underground prior to 1980, and you have developed Parkinson’s disease or other ailments related to prolonged exposure to aluminum dust, you are not alone.There is a group called McIntyre Powder Project headed by Janice Martell
HILLIARD TOWNSHIP (Staff) -- The Hilliard Recreation committee is holding a series of fundraising events in an effort to raise revenue for upgrades at the Hilliard municipal campground park.Events include euchre card parties at the Hilliardton Hall every second Tuesday during the spring: April 19, May 3, May
NORTH BAY (Special/Staff) – Almost two dozen experts from across Northeastern Ontario will guide the development of a new housing strategy.They include Dan O’Mara, a Temagami councillor and former CEO of the MICs (Matheson, Iroquois Falls and Cochrane) Group of Health Services.The expert housing panel is an
