Cancer survivor hoping to help others connect

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES - Alyssa Kostello, 27, of Vancouver, wants to bring something back to the Tri-Town community where she grew up.She was living in Vancouver when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma two years ago.Her experience recovering from cancer in Vancouver has provided her with some

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Cobalt farmers’ market opening July 14

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Another farmers' market will be opening in the Temiskaming area on Friday, July 14.The Mill Market Cobalt will be opening its doors in the Father Les Costello Memorial Arena.Riversedge Developments of Sault Ste. Marie has entered a five-year lease agreement with the Town of Cobalt for

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Early cobalt exploration underway near Bay Lake

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter COLEMAN – A company’s search for cobalt in the Bay Lake area is in the early stage of exploration.Two geologists will be conducting geological mapping in the area until the end of June.Their work is “very non-intrusive,” explained Anna Mullan, field manager with Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd. of

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Proposed changes will increase minimum wage

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TORONTO - Ontario labour laws which affect minimum wage, sick leave and other potential rights and benefits of Ontario employees will be debated this fall when the Legislature resumes, expects Timiskaming-Cochrane New Democratic Party (NDP) MPP John Vanthof.A proposal has been put forward by

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Northern Industrial & Environmental Supply has you covered

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Family, friends, Temiskaming Shores and Area Chamber of Commerce members and Temiskaming Shores councillors all arrived to congratulate the owners of Northern Industrial & Environmental Supply on their recent grand opening.Northern Industrial & Environmental Supply is co-owned by Brenda and Rick

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Chamber recognizing leading lights

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Why buy local?It keeps money in the area, where it “bounces around the community multiple times,” said Darcy Griffith, president of the Temiskaming Shores and Area Chamber of Commerce.It was part of his message to the 200-plus at the

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Miller Group celebrates 100th anniversary

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Historians say the year 1917 was one of the worst years in Canadian history because of the First World War, the Halifax explosion and Canadian canoeist Tom Thompson’s mysterious death on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park.But in terms of The Miller Group, 1917 was a

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Business licencing policy work continues

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It may be another two months before a proposal to regulate door-to-door sales and transient vendors returns to Temiskaming Shores city council.“We want to make sure we get it right,” said Mayor Carman Kidd after a meeting last week that drew more than 40 people

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