Latchford gives the nod to Rising Stone
By Jamie Mountain For The Speaker LATCHFORD – The Town of Latchford now has an official stone. Latchford council approved a bylaw to name iron oxide dendrite as …
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Ethier remembered on Missing Children’s Day
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — A mother and her young daughter stopped beside the Melanie Ethier memorial tree on the New Liskeard waterfront last Sunday. The mother bent down …
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City OKs emergency water main move
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city has approved a $158,850 project to relocate a leaking water main under Highway 11. Temiskaming Shores council approved the emergency relocation …
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Checking chicken welcome in Charlton
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter CHARLTON-DACK – The homey sound of chickens clucking contentedly in the chicken coop is something that is becoming increasingly familiar in backyards across the district. The …
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Residents pressing city for road safety improvements
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – More crosswalks, lower speed limits, lane reductions. The public is suggesting ways to make Lakeshore Road and other areas of the city safer …
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Speeding fight takes sign route
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The city is turning to another tool in efforts to get speeding drivers to slow down. Temiskaming Shores has purchased a $4,500 mobile speed indicator sign …
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Red dresses for the missing and murdered
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — On an overcast, blustery May 5, four red dresses fluttered in the wind outside the Keepers of the Circle Aboriginal Family Learning Centre …
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New funding for New Horizons program
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Several groups in the Temiskaming region received New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) funding to support and enhance seniors’ services. The announcement was …
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Local woman recounts COVID-19 diagnosis
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — For well over a year we’ve been hearing about the novel coronavirus with many unable to relate to an actual COVID-19 diagnosis. But a …
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Skepticism turns to shock for latest 50/50 winner
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Katryna Malick was at first skeptical when Temiskaming Hospital Foundation manager Lesley Langford informed her she had won the foundation’s April 50/50 draw. …
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