LET THEM EAT CAKE
The 15th annual New Liskeard Public School (NLPS) Cake Contest is a delicious fundraiser with over 85 cakes being created in some very unique ways. Parents purchase the cakes for $10 each and then students get to taste the cake creations, says NLPS Principal Gavin Date. Proceeds from the
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Hazardous waste collection on June 4
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – What do you do with leftover paint, dead household batteries, and burnt-out light bulbs?Hold on to them until June 4, when Temiskaming Shores hosts an Orange Drop event.Orange Drop is the name of a province-wide initiative collecting hazardous household wastes.The collections keep
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FRIENDS IN THE HOUSE
Joan Broughton, 81, has been curling since the age of 16. While the sport offers exercise benefits, “it’s a good social game, too,” says the Temagami woman. She’s among the regulars at the twice weekly afternoon games at the Horne Granite Centre in New Liskeard. Up to 40 curlers
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BIRTHDAY DONATION
Temiskaming Shores resident, ten year-old Maximus Cooper, decided to do a good deed on his birthday January 9. Instead of receiving birthday presents he held a donation party in which his friends gave him money instead of presents. He promptly donated his birthday money, $130.45, to the Temiskaming district
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Toonies for Tummies raising money for school nutrition
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- Students and parents were out volunteering and packing grocery bags at Food Basics at the Timiskaming Square Mall on Saturday, February 6, to assist with its annual Toonies for Tummies program. The event is raising funds to assist with
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Highway maintenance and guidelines
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- Highway maintenance is managed based on classifications of area highways.The four-lane highways south of North Bay and in other locations of the province are designated class one highways by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO).There are four other highway classifications in
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Hearts on for Frankie fundraiser
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — The love for Haileybury resident, Francine St. Cyr, continues to shine as her friends, family and supporters rally around her by organizing an upcoming mega-musical fundraiser dance called Our Heart Is On For Frankie as well as a wristband sales campaign.The musical
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Progressing toward water agreement
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter CHARLTON/DACK -- The Municipality of Charlton and Dack and the Town of Englehart have been making progress toward a water agreement.The talks have paused for the moment while information is obtained from the Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) which manages the water systems in
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Board debates digging into DTSSAB reserve
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) hopes to pass a $29.2 million 2016 budget at its February 17 meeting.The impact on area municipalities, who help to finance the budget, is not yet known, and is pending the outcome of
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Age-old questions
Building an age friendly communityDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Temiskaming is going grey.About 52 per cent of its population is aged 45 and older, and half of its residents are over the age of 46.That’s older, on average, than the province as a
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