Environmental monitoring to continue at Latchford DamDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD -- Environmental monitoring at the Latchford dam will be taking place over the next couple of years to ensure the success of an effort to enhance a pickerel spawning bed at the site.The work to enlarge the
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Campaign doused in water info
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Taking the pledge once meant swearing off alcohol.But today’s pledge drive advocates consumption…of water.The Healthy Kids Community Challenge in Temiskaming Shores is part of a province-wide effort trying to make it easier for children to choose water over sugary drinks.
City supports tax on sweetened drinks
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Sugary beverages have struck a sour note with the city.Temiskaming Shores council supports a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, with revenue earmarked for health promotion and chronic disease prevention.City council issued the call December 20.In its resolution, it cited a
Riverside getting accessibility upgrades
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES - Work is moving forward to make Riverside Place a better home for the farmers’ market.Temiskaming Shores council has awarded a $63,124 contract to a North Bay firm to install accessibility features at Riverside Place.Pronor Construction will supply and install accessible
City calls for fire funding aid
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) - The city has thrown its support behind a call from another Northern municipality for provincial financial help with fire protection.Temiskaming Shores council has endorsed a proposal by McKellar Township, north of Parry Sound, for the province to offer funding for fire services.In its
Consider weather conditions while operating all types of vehicles, say police
DISTRICT (Staff/special) – The Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind motorists operating all types of vehicles that winter weather can change very quickly, placing extra demands on your vehicle and your driving skills.Powder snow is a sign that the true conditions are
Can only shake my head
Dear Editor:As I sat in the hospital passing time, I came across an interesting ad of the Ontario Energy Board to customers of gas users.A cost of five to seven dollars a month average on your gas bill to cover cap and trade which they will have
Pain or Gain
Dear Editor:This is also a “Letter to the Prime Minister and all Political Parties”Honorable ladies and gentlemen, I am dismayed that this letter has to be written, but as I put pen to paper, I listen to a government announcement that thirty years after the collapse of