Quilting workroom sets up in Cobalt
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Downtown Cobalt continues to grow with the new opening of Donelda’s Quilt Shop at 3 Prospect Avenue.The new quilting workroom business is located directly adjacent to the popular Silver Café.Donelda Leduc is the proprietor of the new business.Her workroom houses a
Crown land for ag. earns support
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Should Crown land be opened to agriculture?Yes, said four Timiskaming-Cochrane provincial candidates at last week’s all-candidates’ meeting in Haileybury.Liberal Sébastien Goyer said Premier Kathleen Wynn has announced support to turn Crown land over to agricultural production.He described it as “a
Touring pilots descending on Earlton airport
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter EARLTON -- Twenty-eight members of the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) will be landing at the Earlton-Timiskaming Regional Airport on Sunday, June 15 as part of an interprovincial tour.The tour group will then be having brunch at the Earlton airport hangar before heading out
Chamber awards
Excellence in service and Business of year announcedSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The Temiskaming Shores and Area Chamber of Commerce (TSACC) has just announced their final Business Awards for 2014.The Excellence in Service Award is being given to Paul Ayotte Insurance Brokers for their quality of
Grand opening for Bee’s Place restaurant in Haileybury
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Bee’s Place Restaurant & Cafe located in the Haileybury Mall is a 60-seat restaurant with a full menu, offering breakfast, lunch and dinner.The owners, Brigit Riedel and Kenneth Armitage, held a grand opening for their family restaurant at the end of
File closes on ’14 tax season
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – As tax season wraps up, a volunteer tax return service is tallying its receipts.The Community Volunteer Income Tax Program is a free service offered by trained volunteers and open to people with modest incomes and relatively straightforward returns.This year, volunteers processed almost 1,000
Reconstruction slated for Hwy. 560
GOWGANDA (Special) – Three kilometres of Highway 560 in the Gowganda area will be reconstructed this summer, at a cost of $2.9 million.Miller Paving Ltd. has been awarded the contract for the work, which is to be completed by the fall.The reconstruction includes resurfacing, frost-heave treatments, drainage
City considering land sales
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – An apartment building and nursing home in Haileybury are hoping to acquire city property to grow.The proposed sale of municipal property was outlined to Temiskaming Shores council April15.Jarlette Health Services, which owns Temiskaming Lodge, is considering major upgrades or expansion in the next
New area for bookkeeping and accounting business
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) -- Premium Bookkeeping and Accounting has a new location at 324 Whitewood Avenue West in New Liskeard.The office, located at the back of the building, will offer an expanded area to better serve existing and new clientele of accountant Caroline Morin in the years ahead.