Tight timeline for fire department bookkeeping changes
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - The four Englehart area councils are all supportive of bookkeeping changes that are coming to the Englehart and Area Fire Department.There is no planned change in the operation of the department.Auditor Kemp, Elliott and Blair has advised the Englehart fire board that the change is required.The
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Holiday schedule for transit service
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES/COBALT - The Temiskaming Transit bus service will be off the roads for the statutory holidays of December 25, 26 and January 1.Temiskaming Shores physical assets manager Mitch Lafreniere told The Speaker that this schedule is followed annually, and reflects the fact that if buses were maintained
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Bethlehem Walk attracts hundreds of visitors
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter THORNLOE - Bethlehem came to Thornloe on a chilly Sunday night as hundreds of people took a walk through the woods for a depiction of The Christmas story.The ancient story surrounding the birth of baby Jesus came to life during the 17th annual Thornloe Crossroads Baptist Church Bethlehem
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Food drive on
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Don’t be alarmed if you see Smokey the Bear and paramedics this weekend.They’ll be at Walmart and Chartrand’s Your Independent Grocer on December 16 collecting donations for local food banks.The pre-Christmas collection was launched almost a decade ago by staffers with what was then the Ministry
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Corneil named acting MOH
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – While the Timiskaming Health Unit continues to search for a new full-time medical officer of health, a Temiskaming Shores physician has been hired on an acting basis.Glenn Corneil has been named acting medical officer of health of the district’s public health unit for the next
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TREES DOWN
If a tree falls in downtown New Liskeard does anybody hear? Of course people working and shopping in the downtown core last week heard the two large oak trees near the New Liskeard Library on Wellington Street being cut down. Declining health of the trees and public safety were the
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Salvation Army Christmas Hamper Contest is back
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — After a hiatus of a few years, the New Liskeard Salvation Army Christmas Hamper Contest is back and needs your support.Salvation Army volunteer Nancy Gilmour says they are relying on the public to help donate small (one-two people) and large (family of four to five) size
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Hilliard’s Veley Bridge nearing completion
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HILLIARD TOWNSHIP - Hilliard Township officials hope the Veley Road Bridge new construction project will be completed in two weeks.For the past three months, work has been taking place to build a new two-lane bridge at the site on a side road to the east of Highway 11.Township
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Developing a taste for new healthy recipes
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Kale salad, a vegetarian pizza and oatmeal cookies – all prepared from scratch and designed with diabetes management in mind.But what dish has turned out to be a real favourite at a new healthy cooking class?Brownies incorporating black beans, said chef after chef at a
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Free Christmas photo session on Friday
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Did you ever want to have a professional photographer take photos of your family or children but realize you can’t afford it?Temiskaming Shores photographer Justina Phippen is staging a free mini photo session to help those families in the South Temiskaming region who can’t afford
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