“Taking action” to help crime victims
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – Canadians’ attention will focus next week on the victims of crime and the services available to help them.“Taking action” is the theme of National Victims of Crime Awareness Week April 6 through 12.In Temiskaming, trained volunteers are available 24 hours a day to help local victims
City outlines recycling plan for neighbours
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – With curbside recycling to begin in less than six months, Temiskaming Shores is inviting the neighbours in.Curbside pickup is slated for September.The materials will be stored in the city and then trucked to R&D Recycling of North Bay for processing.Details about logistics and price
Botha Creek Bridge saved
GILLIES LIMIT (Staff) -- Hydro One has stepped in and provided a solution regarding a bridge over Botha Creek in Latchford, near the Hound Chute Area.The bridge was slated for removal by its owner Ontario Power Generation. The removal of the bridge would have cut off area cottagers and recreational
Police seek help locating missing girl
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old girl.Timmins Police Service reports that 15-year-old Havin Peddie was last seen leaving a residence in Schumacher on the afternoon of March 12.Police suspect she may be in the Cobalt, Haileybury or New Liskeard area.“It
Spring beat
Drum circle raises funds for trail groupSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY — The sound of drumbeats could be heard officially welcoming in spring last Friday as approximately 20 people gathered at the President’s Suites for the Spring Equinox Drum Circle.Participants not only felt moved by the rhythm of the spring equinox, they
Montreal River closely watched as spring approaches
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter MONTREAL RIVER -- So far, the Montreal River’s pre-freshet season “seems to be normal,” Coleman Township Mayor Dan Cleroux says.He and other municipal leaders along the Montreal River have been working closely with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), as they watch
Latchford and Coleman talk preparations
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- The weather is being watched closely, and the continuing presence of snow, with more snow expected, is a factor. At Latchford council’s regular meeting Thursday, March 20, Councillor Larry Anderson commented he had heard that there are predictions of 50 centimetres more of snowfall before winter
LEGION PUBLIC SPEAKERS
The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 33 in New Liskeard hosted the Zone K 1 Public Speaking Contest on March 2. In the back row from the left are Legion Members Scott Gray, Felix Sowinski, John Dewar, Myles Evans, Bun Eckensviller and Tom Smith. From the left in the front row
When meals come knocking
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – What may be the busiest food delivery service in Temiskaming runs on volunteers.More than 300 volunteers delivered 10, 130 hot meals last year to clients across the district.Meals on Wheels is a flexible service, explained Therese Dower, volunteer coordinator at Timiskaming Home Support which operates
Englehart hospital lifts visitor restrictions
ENGLEHART (Special) – Visitor restrictions at Englehart and District Hospital have been lifted.In a March 17 news release, the hospital said the limitations were eased after 10 days because there had been no new reported cases of gastrointestinal illness for seven days.It stressed that it will “continue to be diligent”