Temagami venture drafting a working education
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – An aggregate pit off the Temagami Access Road is slated to do double duty as both a working and a training site.It’ll supply aggregate to the municipality of Temagami, Temagami First Nation (TFN) and cottagers in the
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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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Hitting the road with OK Tire Commercial
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – Trucks need tires and big trucks need big tires, the kind you can’t get at just any store.That’s where OK Tire Commercial comes in as it pumps up a new venture in the Dymond Industrial Park on Brazeau Boulevard.It
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Work continuing on new Englehart business
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - Englehart's committee of adjustment has approved a reduction in the required setback for a proposed convenience store and fast food drive-through, being planned at 141 4th Avenue adjacent to 7th Street and near Highway 11.The variance was requested to accommodate the placement
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Speaker and Weekender recognized with provincial awards
TORONTO (Staff/Special) -- The Temiskaming Speaker received four provincial journalism awards and its weekend edition, The Weekender, received another in the Ontario Community Newspaper Association’s (OCNA) annual Better Newspaper Competition.There were more than 1,500 entries overall this year.GENERAL EXCELLENCEThe Speaker was second place in the
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Barbershop and wholistic health care at new Haileybury location
[caption id="attachment_16222" align="alignnone" width="300"] Well-wishers turned out to welcome a new business venture into Haileybury on Saturday, April 1. From the left in the front with the ribbon are Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd, Kindred Spirit's owner Natasha Ward, Haileybury Barber Shop
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ARC Industries closing as province adopts new approach
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – ARC Industries will close at the end of April as the province shifts away from sheltered workshops for people with intellectual disabilities.It’s a “very, very exciting time” for us, said Tony Rachwalski, executive director of Community Living Temiskaming South, which operates
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