Bracebridge firm to prepare city’s zoning bylaw
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The consolidation of zoning bylaws in the former municipalities of New Liskeard, Haileybury and Dymond has begun.Temiskaming Shores council has hired Planscape of Bracebridge to prepare the city’s first comprehensive zoning bylaw.The document will complement the city’s official plan,
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DRIVING SCHOOL
Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) recently teamed up with Wilson Chevrolet Buick GMC for a unique fundraiser to help offset costs for various school trips. The “Test Drive a New Buick” day saw visitors to the school take a Buick for a test drive and $20 would be donated
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Temiskaming Hospital ends 2015-16 with surplus
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Temiskaming Hospital has wiped out a $1 million operating deficit and ended March with a small surplus.“That’s a huge turn-around,” said Bruce Hawkins, new chair of the hospital board, after the hospital’s annual meeting.“Two years ago, this hospital wasn’t in
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The next steps
Lawyers preparing draft for airport authorityDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP -- Lawyers George Kemp and Paul Crombeen are working to prepare a draft outline for the establishment of a new airport authority, according to Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd.Area municipalities have agreed to work together for
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A NEW LOOK
The Temiskaming Shores and Area Chamber of Commerce is getting a refresh. Its exterior is now blue, thanks to a new paint job. And last week, Marcel Chartrand, at left, and George Kennedy of MC Contracting were busy constructing a new main entrance. A second entrance will improve safety
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Charging stations moving north
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Two publicly accessible charging stations for electric vehicles are slated to be installed in Temiskaming Shores by March 2017.They’re part of a wave of new stations announced by the province earlier this month.In a news release, the Ministry of Transportation
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Wine Place opens in downtown New Liskeard
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter NEW LISKEARD — “It is one of the busiest grand openings I’ve been to so that means you are doing something right,” said Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof at the grand opening of the Wine Place at 20 Whitewood Avenue in New Liskeard on Wednesday, June
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Excitement growing for new farmers’ market
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter EVANTUREL TOWNSHIP -- Organizers are busy putting the final touches on readying the Evanturel and District Harvest to Home Market for its first day Saturday, July 23.Successive farmers’ markets will be held on Highway 11 just outside the Town of Englehart, next door to
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Highway 11 Vendors Market opens in Coleman Township
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter COLEMAN TOWNSHIP — It’s all about variety and value.And variety mixed in with a healthy dose of value is what you get when you shop at the newly opened Highway 11 Vendors Market, located along Highway 11 in Coleman Township
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Navigating a course
Preparing for airport authority liftoffDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP -- One final pen-stroke was required at the time this issue of The Speaker went to press to give the go-ahead for a one-year phase-in period for an airport authority for the Earlton-Timiskaming Regional Airport,
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