The holiday season is here
The enjoyment of Christmas scenes and lights throughout the towns and country is now getting into full swing. The Verrier family in Englehart were enjoying setting up their outdoor Christmas decorations together this past weekend. From left are Dany, Hailey, 5, Madison, 2, and Amy. (Staff photo by Darlene
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CJTT FM Christmas Wish Campaign raises $ 64,951 in pledges
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — The familiar saying, “It takes a community to raise a child” came true last week when the 2014 CJTT FM Christmas Wish Campaign raised $64,951 in pledges to help needy children living in the Temiskaming District.“They say it takes a village to
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GENERATING INTEREST
Interest from a new Smart and Caring Fund will be invested in projects that enhance Temiskaming Shores’ way of life. Fueled by annual contributions over 22 years of $18,000 from Canadian Solar Inc. and TransCanada Energy, the owners of two solar projects, the fund will eventually reach almost $400,000.
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Seeking Christmas angels
NEOFACS and partners collecting toys for needy familiesSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — “There must be a gift under the tree for every child at Christmas,” said McDonald’s Restaurant owners Peter and Sharron Graydon as they unveiled a donation box at their New Liskeard restaurant
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Long-term care residents need more: OCHU
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Chronic understaffing of Ontario’s long-term care facilities is fueling “a barrage” of injuries, infection, bedsores, abuse and unsafe work practices.So says the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) in a new report detailing the experiences of personal support workers (PSWs) and
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Temiskaming Remembers
Well-attended services at our cenotaphs[caption id="attachment_5346" align="alignleft" width="500"] ENGLEHARTA parade led by Tom Renaud of the Englehart Royal Canadian Legion Branch 104 with members of the Englehart Fire Department, the Ontario Provincial Police,
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HPS grades’ transfer now optional
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Senior students from Haileybury Public School won’t have to relocate to Timiskaming District Secondary in February.They can choose instead to make the move next September.The relocation of grades 7 and 8 from both Haileybury Public and New Liskeard Public School
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STEPPING OUT
A New Liskeard man has continued his infrastructure-improving ways, donating almost $4,500 to help extend a Cedar Avenue sidewalk beside the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena. The new walkway will keep seniors and pedestrians of all ages safe along a busy street, said donor Andre Gervais, seated. The donation is
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Preventing falls earns provincial honours
DISTRICT (Special) – A project by family health teams in Temagami, Haileybury and New Liskeard has been deemed a bright light on the provincial health care scene.The three multidisciplinary teams collaborated on a pilot project to help seniors reduce their risk of falls.It was spurred by data
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Excellence in service
Temiskaming Shores Library receives award for technology trainingTEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) — The Ontario Library Service-North has awarded the Temiskaming Shores Public Library with an award for Excellence in Partnership and Community Capacity because of the libraries Technology Training project, which ended in June of this year.“The program was
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