Returning a new record
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Tax season is over, and the numbers are in.Volunteers helped a record-setting 1,070 residents in the Temiskaming Shores area file their returns in 2015.Through the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program, trained volunteers complete the tax documents for residents with modest incomes and straightforward
Blood donor clinic June 30
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Blood donors should mark June 30 on their calendars.That’s when Canadian Blood Services will next be in Temiskaming Shores for a blood donor clinic.It’ll be held at Riverside Place in New Liskeard from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30. p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7
Germ Busters
A computer keyboard can be a dirt hotbed, as New Liskeard Public School students Krystina Hewett, centre, and Nicholas Bigras, learned from health inspector Gillian Jordan. Overseeing the Timiskaming Health Unit booth at the Emergency Preparedness Day in New Liskeard was a giant purple plush germ. (Staff photo by
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.