CHRISTMAS DAY FIREAt approximately 10:14 a.m. on December 25, 2016 the members of the Cobalt Fire Department (CFD) were called to extinguish a truck fire at the corner of Nickel Street and Prospect Avenue in Cobalt. The fire department determined the blaze started in the engine department according
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Giving the gift of life January 10
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Giving doesn’t have to stop at Christmas.On January 10, area residents can give the gift of life at a blood donor clinic in Temiskaming Shores.The clinic runs from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Riverside Place in New Liskeard.Canadian Blood Services is
Hospital base funding increases
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A recent infusion to Temiskaming Hospital’s base funding will be used to address its deficit.The hospital recently saw its annual funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care rise by 1.5 per cent, or $293,000.In a news release, hospital chief executive
From the Editor’s Desk
Beginning 2017This week teachers and students are still on holidays but the rest of us are taking the decorations down and preparing for the year ahead.We begin a new year by wrapping up the outgoing year. Our C Front feature presents our annual quiz looking
Twenty Questions with Kim Adams
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Haileybury based Provincial President of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion, Kim Adams.1. What is your full name?Kimberly Ann (Connelly) Adams.2. Where were you born?New Liskeard, Ontario.3. What new position
Overtime callouts adding up for Cobalt costs
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- The Town of Cobalt is going to be approaching museum boards and other organizations about people who could be called in situations in which museum building alarms are activated. Efforts are also being made to reduce the overall amount of
SLIDING AND GLIDING
Nine-year-old Lacey Hastings laced up new Christmas skates with some help from her mom, Cathy Hastings. The New Liskeard family was among dozens who started the new year with a skate at the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)
“Moving Ahead”
Charlton Dack looks at 2017 with water, roads and moreDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_15005" align="alignleft" width="300"] Merrill Bond[/caption]CHARLTON-DACK -- The Municipality of Charlton and Dack is casting its eye forward in 2017, working
DEALING WITH THE SNOW
While visiting with family and friends in Temiskaming Shores over the Holidays, Rebecca Schmidtke of Nepean helped with handling the significant snowfall that hit the area between Christmas and New Year’s. (Staff photo)
Three H wins best of the year award
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The New Liskeard Three H Furniture Systems Limited has won the prestigious 2016 Best of the Year product in the category of Furniture/Contract Desking from Interior Design magazine for its Workshelf product.Interior Design’s Best of Year is the design industry’s premier