High hydro rates spark crowds across provinceDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- The scene outside the Temiskaming Shores and Area Chamber of Commerce office Friday, April 4, caused motorists to honk and raise thumbs in support for the message being sent to Queen’s Park.Despite inclement weather, about 70 people gathered as
During the Canadian Cancer Society Daffodil Month of April, volunteer fundraisers are working to sell daffodils and raise funds to assist the Society’s work. Mac Hamilton of New Liskeard was at the New Liskeard post office Saturday morning, April 5 selling daffodil pins. He said he has been
Morgan Dufresne is only 12, but she’s been making jewelry since she learned “how to thread a bead,” said her mother, Corrie. The Haileybury entrepreneur – pictured with a wristful of her handcrafted bracelets – made her marketing debut at the recent gem and mineral show at Northern College’s Haileybury
Unicorns were spotted at the Father Les Costello Memorial Arena in Cobalt recently. They were part of the Cobalt Coleman Skating Club’s Showcase 2014 event. From the left are Alysa Peddie, Mackenzie Doonan and Aimee Hicks. (Staff photo)
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — It didn’t take the owners of the Three H Manufacturing Systems Ltd. Furniture- making plant long to hit the ground running and begin the reconstruction phase of the plant which had been heavily damaged when a section of the roof collapsed recently.The Three H Manufacturing
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART —After months and months of hard work and preparation, the curtain rises on the iconic musical, Les Misérables this week.The cast and crew of the Joint Venture Theatre Les Misérables are refining their last minute rehearsals in anticipation of opening night.The cast has been busy rehearsing since
Ontera sold, ONTC investments dependent on budgetDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- Ontario will continue to operate the motor coach, Polar Bear Express, rail freight, and refurbishment services of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC), the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) has announced.The province will invest to ensure ONTC’s
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- Englehart council and staff are weighing their options now as they await the decision of the Cochrane-Temiskaming Waste Management Board regarding its future.The Cochrane-Temiskaming Waste Management Board has been picking up recyclables from area municipalities over the past several years and then finding markets for those
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — The upcoming Saturday, April 12 Temiskaming Speaker’s Community Food Bank Drive needs your donations in order to help those who are less fortunate in the Temiskaming region.Area food bank volunteers who are relying on the generosity of area residents to ensure a successful spring food drive
ENGLEHART (Staff) – A central Ontario man faces several charges after police stopped a vehicle moving erratically on Highway 11 last week.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say an officer stopped a vehicle shortly before 8 p.m. April 1 as it drove through Evanturel Township.A 51-year-old man from Oro-Medonte near
