City calls for rural school closure suspension
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – City council is joining a call for the province to put a moratorium on rural school closures until it has rewritten accommodation review guidelines.On February 21, city council endorsed appeals from Prince Edward County, on the eastern end of Lake Ontario,
Doc recruitment incentive restructured
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Financial incentives for new doctors serving the Temiskaming Shores area have been restructured.Newly recruited physicians will be offered $10,000 each year for four years if they set up a local practice or are credentialed to work at Temiskaming Hospital.In the
Recognizing francophone and anglophone contributions
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES - In celebration of 150 years of Canada’s confederation, ACFO-Temiskaming (Association Canadienne-française de l’Ontario-Temiskaming) is developing a project to mark the contributions of francophone as well as anglophone residents in the district.Dominic Hamel is heading up the project throughout 2017, researching the
Harvest Queen Danielle Smith takes in OAAS convention
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — They packed their suitcases in anticipation of the annual Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies’ (OAAS) convention held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto February 16-18.Harvest Queen Friends of the Festival pageant director Sharron Graydon accompanied the 2016-17 Harvest Queen, Gabrielle
Timiskaming, by the numbers
OTTAWA (Staff) – The numbers are in, and they’re still dropping in Timiskaming.In the first release of data from the 2016 census, the population of Timiskaming was found to have declined 1.2 per cent since 2011, to 32,251.The district’s population has decreased six per cent since 2001.
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