Teachers’ union launches work-to-rule
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter An estimated 300 local ETFO members joined their counterparts across Ontario in job action May 11.DISTRICT – Teachers at English-language public elementary schools continued instruction as usual as their union commenced province-wide job action this week.“Teachers are happy to be in their classrooms.
Hammering out agreement in Cobalt
COBALT (Staff) -- The Town of Cobalt and Cochrane-Temiskaming Pro-Native Non-Profit Housing (Co-Tem) continue to discuss concerns about the operation of the Co-Tem units and the costs the two parties share.The discussions began in December, 2013, and while some agreements have been reached, there are still outstanding issues
Conservation officers encourage safe boating
DISTRICT (Special) -- After one of the longest, coldest winters on record, the ice has melted and tens of thousands of Ontario boaters and anglers are looking forward to spending time on the water enjoying their favourite pastimes. Spring is the perfect time to give some serious thought to
COOKING FOR A CAUSE
Temiskaming Shores Councillor Doug Jelly, foreground, works the grill with the help of Mayor Carman Kidd and, at right, Monique Chartrand of Victim Services of Temiskaming and District. The annual barbecue is a fundraiser for the organization, which offers the support of trained volunteers to victims of crime and
CANCER CARE DONATION
The third annual 2015 Denim & Diamonds Ladies Night Out held April 18 at Riverside Place in New Liskeard was a resounding success raising $11,000 for the Bikers Reunion- supported Community Cancer Care program. In three years this fun night out for local women has raised an impressive $27,000.
Five free landfill days for Cobalt ratepayers
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Cobalt ratepayers will be provided with a five-day amnesty period next week to take garbage to the Haileybury landfill.The town’s public works crew will not be picking up waste from people’s yards as it has done in past years.Ratepayers must take
Randall McFarlane
Second-generation veteran remembers the warDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- Randall McFarlane of Englehart grew up on a farm in the Charlton area. His father Alec McFarlane was a veteran of World War I and had seen action on the ground in France.
Drug drop-off May 9
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The Ontario Provincial Police will be looking for drugs this weekend – legal prescription drugs, that is.The Temiskaming detachment will take part in a province-wide prescription drug drop-off day May 9.Area residents can bring old and unused prescription medications to the detachment from
City fails to make connection
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city has been sidelined from a revived initiative providing funding for municipal roads connecting to provincial highways.Temiskaming Shores is not among the 77 municipalities eligible for the new Connecting Links program announced last week.Expected to start in the spring
EXERCISING COMMERCE
Jaykob Morrow, 10, was flanked by sisters Teaghan, 7, left, and Gabrielle Gibson, 10, as he tried out a Walkmaster treadmill. Everything from dishes to firewood – and even the proverbial kitchen sink – could be found at the fifteenth annual fundraiser for the Hudson Fire Department. (Staff photo