ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 9:39 AM EST MONDAY 27 JANUARY 2014SummarySevere wind chills this morning and again tonight. Wind chills of minus 40 or colder are expected this morning and once again tonight into Tuesday morning due to a cold Arctic air mass and winds up to 20 km/h.
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Asset recovery
City calculating infrastructure costDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Imagine going room to room in your home, taking an inventory of all your possessions, their condition, and the cost to replace them.That’s the task facing municipalities across Ontario as they prepare asset management plans.They’re counting kilometres of roadways, assessing the state of
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Looking to 2014
Englehart has eye on water upgradesDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The Town of Englehart is just wrapping up a major and extensive water-line and sewer-line upgrades project.For 2014, the town is looking at whether it can obtain funding to look into improvements for its water system. The town has occasionally experienced
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Straight from the Hip
So much for “Hockey Day in Canada” last Saturday thanks to Calgary Flame coach Bob Hartley who decided to put out his toughest goon-type players against the Vancouver Canucks to start the game.Vancouver coach John Tortorella countered which of course resulted in another “black eye” for hockey. The National Hockey
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Lions on NEOHA win streak
WAWA (Staff) – Two road games and two at home all resulted in wins for the New Liskeard Midget Lions.LIONS 4 LEGIONNAIRES 1Sunday, January 19, the Lions were in Wawa for their second North Eastern Ontario Hockey Association (NEOHA) game of the weekend against the Legionnaires.Pat Morissette (From Collin Mackinnon
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Pee Wee Challenge
[caption id="attachment_1250" align="alignleft" width="500"] PEE WEE CHALLENGEThe Temiskaming Shores Minor Hockey Association hosted the Wilson Chevrolet Buick GMC Challenge Cup for Pee Wee teams January 17-18. Abraham Doupe of Scotiabank, left, and Kyle Paige
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Busing updates using social media
TIMMINS (Special) – Nasty mornings always lead to the question, “will the buses be running?”Information about bus delays and cancellations is posted on the website of North East Tri-Board Student Transportation.It’s has now turned to social media to add updates via a Twitter feed and Facebook.For further information, go to
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Sparks over Canada Day fireworks
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Whether there will be fireworks in Cobalt this summer or not, there certainly were fireworks at the Cobalt council table Tuesday evening, January 14.The debate over whether to apply for funding for fireworks or not had sparks flying.“I personally am not in favour of it,” said
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