Eight-year-old Kristin Morrow enjoyed a toasted marshmallow on the final day of March break activities at the Elk Lake Eco Centre. For five days, kids had the opportunity to play – and learn – outdoors. Registration to the first-time program was free, but donations to the Elk Lake centre
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Downtown construction raises sidewalk concerns
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Concerns about sidewalk accessibility have been raised in light of construction at a building in downtown New Liskeard.A temporary wall and a barricade have narrowed a stretch of sidewalk in front of the former Number One Pet Centre on Whitewood Avenue.
Wabi “well positioned” for growth, says president
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The acceptance of a debt restructuring plan marks “the start of a new beginning” for the company, says the president of Wabi Iron and Steel.“Wabi is now stronger and well positioned for growth in the years ahead,” said president Jeremy Birnie
MP touts new help for veterans
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – “There’s a new team with a new minister.”So said Pierre Lemieux, the Conservative MP from the eastern Ontario riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell and parliamentary assistant to the minister of Veterans Affairs.MP Lemieux was in Temiskaming Shores last week
Second World War tribute for area veterans
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_7268" align="alignleft" width="500"] Limited edition lapel pins are being presented to veterans of the Second World War as part of events commemorating the seventy-fifth
Search to begin for new detachment commander
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police detachment will be looking for another commander.Inspector Dan Dawson has officially announced that he’ll be retiring at the end of June, said Doug Jelly, a Temiskaming Shores councillor and chair of the Temiskaming Shores Police Services Board.A selection
Community Food Bank Drive
This coming Saturday, March 28 , from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Spring Temiskaming Speaker Community Food Bank Drive takes place. For several years this newspaper has been leading the charge by hosting two yearly food drives, one in the fall just before the Thanksgiving
Fighting for the North
Dear Editor:I am writing this letter on Ontario Northland bus services.There was no reason to close the Englehart station and the Matheson station.How in the world are people going to be able to buy their bus ticket?I don’t understand it.I don’t understand why the
Bent out of shape
Dear Editor:As I see it, we have linked all the disasters of trains moving oil into one basket. It’s unfortunate that these things happen. The accident in Quebec wasn’t caused by the train derailment as we have seen the past month. It was plain
April campaign in city but not Englehart
Dear Editor:April is Cancer Month and there will not be a door to door canvas in the Town of Englehart and surrounding townships this April.Englehart is under the direction of the Timmins branch of the Canadian Cancer Society and they chose not to do the April campaign