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

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caMay 7, 2014Businesscouncil, property

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.

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Underground movement endorsed

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – More than 1,200 people are estimated to have visited a Northern Ontario showcase at a mammoth mining conference earlier this year.Thirty-five small and mid-sized businesses and a dozen other community organizations took part in the first ever Northern Ontario mining supply showcase.

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Nekid Baby opens in downtown New Liskeard

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — There were no naked babies on hand for the official grand opening of Diane Jibb’s Nekid Baby children’s clothing store, but there were plenty of children, family and friends wishing Mrs. Jibb much success with her business venture.With the help of her

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Four solar projects in Cobalt this year

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- The Town of Cobalt is planning the installation of four solar power projects.Two will be on the town’s decommissioned landfill sites in Coleman Township. One will be on the town’s sewage lagoon site in Cobalt. And one will be at Sharpe Lake in

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Commitment questioned

Ontera sold, ONTC investments dependent on budgetDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- Ontario will continue to operate the motor coach, Polar Bear Express, rail freight, and refurbishment services of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC), the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) has announced.The province will invest to ensure ONTC’s

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Three-H will resume production

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- Three H Manufacturing Systems Ltd. is a company that has been producing office furniture for more than 35 years, employing 83 people.The roof collapsed over part of the building which had been constructed in 1980 and “theoretically, the roof should have held, but given the

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Englehart Chamber of Commerce trying another year

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- Englehart area municipalities are hoping the Englehart and District Chamber of Commerce can revive and continue to run.Evanturel Township clerk-treasurer Amy Vickery Menard reported to council that the “Chamber is back up and running, and they are going to function for 2014.” She was speaking at

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Englehart industrial park infrastructure delayed

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The installation of infrastructure in the Englehart Industrial/Commercial Park has been placed on the back-burner for now.The town did have FedNor and Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines funding lined up, but was unable to secure a manufacturing business as a tenant by April, 2014,

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New Model

NOFIA proceeding with ag research proposalDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – A regional group is pushing ahead with plans to draft a new model to maintain agricultural research in New Liskeard.“Nothing’s changed,” said Norm Koch, who heads the Northern Ontario Farm Innovation Alliance (NOFIA) board.NOFIA members happened to be in Vineland last

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The Temiskaming Speaker

Temiskaming Shores Community Newspaper

City considering land sales

New area for bookkeeping and accounting business

Underground movement endorsed

Nekid Baby opens in downtown New Liskeard

Four solar projects in Cobalt this year

Commitment questioned

Three-H will resume production

Englehart Chamber of Commerce trying another year

Englehart industrial park infrastructure delayed

New Model