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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New guide to winter activities available
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – There’s a new resource for people who want to explore winter activities in the Temiskaming area, on both sides of the lake.The Building Ties Temiskaming project launched the winter fun guide during the Village Noël Témiskaming.It outlines opportunities skiing, tube sliding and snowshoeing, as well as
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Christmas Wish fulfills new fundraising record
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) - A new record has been set in the annual CJTT FM on-air Christmas Wish campaign in this, the station’s 50th anniversary year.Businesses, individuals and organizations opened up their hearts and wallets and donated $68,482 for needy children in the South Temiskaming region last week.During the 72-hour
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New child care centre in Temagami
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI - The Temagami Child Care Centre, which began operation October 2, held an open house Saturday, November 18, to allow the community to come see the new facility.The new centre is based at Temagami Public School where it uses two rooms.One will serve as a group room
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