Province seeking input on ag expansion
DISTRICT (Special/Staff) – Do you have an idea to expand agriculture, food processing and aquaculture in Northern Ontario?The province wants to hear from you.It’s developing a strategy that it says will help drive policies, programs and investments in Northern Ontario over the next 20 years.The Ontario
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Horses First at Whickerdale Stables
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART – What’s a “whicker?”In the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, it’s defined as a horse’s “soft breathy whinny.”Add “Dale” – Carla Aultman’s middle name – and you’ve got the name of the area’s newest riding and boarding enterprise.Whickerdale Stables officially opened earlier this
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“For our roots”
Agnico Eagle adds another $500,000 to fundDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Agnico Eagle presented the second half of its $1 million contribution to the Historic Cobalt Legacy Fund on Wednesday, June 1.Many employees of Agnico Eagle were on hand at the Cobalt community hall, along with
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Interest around Casey Mine
HARRIS TOWNSHIP (Staff/Special) -- Brixton Metals Corporation of Vancouver and Timiskaming First Nation (TFN) have signed an exploration agreement regarding the Langis Silver Mine (Casey Mine, located in Harris Township).The two parties are also negotiating an economic benefits agreement, should an economic mineral deposit be found. The agreement
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She’s a rising star
First Community Excellence Rising Star is Hannah Fedechko-ConroySue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — She is smart, beautiful, kind, caring and sings like a bird. Her early success as the 2014 Harvest Queen and at the Miss North Ontario Regional Canada pageant as well as her extraordinary fundraising
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Englehart still considering industrial park area
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The Town of Englehart has set aside $35,000 in its 2016 budget for continued investigation of its proposed 35-acre industrial park site adjacent to Highway 11, and across from Georgia Pacific.Another potential site in the town for an industrial park has also
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TSACC announces 2016 Business Award recipients
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — The Temiskaming Shores & Area Chamber of Commerce (TSACC) announced the recipients of their 2016 Annual Business Awards in a press release last week.The Business Awards celebrates the best and brightest of the South Temiskaming area business community.The awards feature individuals
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Saying “no” to Energy East
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – The proposed Energy East pipeline puts the drinking water of more than five million Canadians at risk, says a non-profit organization fighting the project.“There’s no possible way they can build a pipeline that will be safe enough for
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TransCanada disputes report
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – TransCanada has “multiple layers of detection” in place, in the unlikely event of a problem along its pipeline system, says a spokesperson for the Energy East proposal.Tim Duboyce, from TransCanada’s Montreal office, was responding to a report by the Council of
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Energy East draws mixed response
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – Marvyn Morrison describes his concerns over the proposed Energy East pipeline as “endless and limitless.”The existing natural gas pipeline runs along the shoreline of Jumping Caribou Lake, where he lives.He said the lake has two outlets, one draining into Lake Temagami
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