FRANCO FLAG PRIDE
Francophone students, groups and organizations across the Temiskaming region showed their pride when they hosted their green and white Franco-Ontarian flag on the day of the flag’s anniversary, September 25. Pictured in the photo are students in Grade 7 at Ecole catholique Saint-Michel who invited ACFO Community Development Officer
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FALL CLEAN-UP
Larry Elliott of New Liskeard was among the city residents who took advantage of the amnesty program at the Haileybury landfill to do a fall clean-up. The landfill was also a drop-off point for trash cans that residents no longer need, thanks to the introduction of new bins for
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Wanted: Junior Citizens of the Year
DISTRICT (Staff) — Do you know a special young person between the ages of 6 and 17 years who has been involved in worthwhile community service?Have you witnessed that special someone who goes above and beyond for others and is making a difference in their community?If
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Cobalt connected to historic maritime disaster
COBALT (Staff) – The Town of Cobalt’s venerable historic roots were recently traced back to this nation’s most costly peacetime maritime sinking and a new museum exhibit vividly shows that connection.The Empress of Ireland was a ship that carried cargo and passengers between Canada and England beginning in
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Triangle Trail hike
Hudson Township trail marks 40th anniversaryHUDSON TOWNSHIP (Staff) — Nastawgan Trails Inc. (NTI) is leading a five-kilometre hike along the Hudson Township Triangle Trail to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the creation of the non-motorized activity trail.This trekking experience takes place on Saturday, October 25 beginning at
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Recognition for Haileybury beach visionaries
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A stormy Lake Temiskaming was a fitting backdrop as the Haileybury beach was dedicated to the memory of three men who envisioned the complex.It was on a similar day some 30 years ago that the idea of an enclosed
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Community Drive
New Liskeard Food Bank low on supplies as demand increasesDISTRICT (Staff) — The Temiskaming Speaker’s Community Food Bank Drive takes place this coming Saturday, October 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.When times are tough, many families, young adults, seniors, the disabled and the working poor turn to
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TRIBUTE
In tribute to the late Wayne Hearn, more than 50 firefighters, emergency responders and members of 2344 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps in New Liskeard paraded to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish on September 20. Carrying his remains were, clockwise from lower left, Harley firefighter Matthew Tremblay, Lieutenant
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Hospital to hospital
Another step in non-urgent patient transferDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT--The development of a non-urgent patient transfer system, which would safely and efficiently transfer non-urgent patients in Northeastern Ontario from hospital to hospital, will be the focus of an implementation work group which is now
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FOOTWORK
Foot by foot, metre by metre, the $324,000 replacement of the New Liskeard boardwalk began last week. A crew from South Wabi Sawmill – clockwise, from upper right, Dave Rideout, Jacob Rideout, Shane Hewitt and Chad Livingston, hidden – is pictured above installing another section. (Staff photo by Diane
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