Playground upgrade issue resurfaces
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A rubberized surface will be installed under playground equipment at the Dymond Firefighters’ Park this summer.The cost is being offset by a $12,000 grant from Ontario Tire Stewardship’s community renewal fund.Projects using Ontario-made products and generated from scrap tires in
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Extinguishing the “R” word
Temiskaming Shores firefighters recently rolled up their sleeves and donned t-shirts to combat a word that hurts. They joined the effort to Spread the Word to End the Word. A growing movement is calling for an end to the use of “retarded” as a term of derision and as
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Fraser building elevator “heavily used”
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt council is waiting to hear what the cost is going to be to repair the elevator at the Fraser building.At Cobalt council’s meeting Tuesday, February 21, chief administrative officer Michelle Larose told council that the elevator at
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Library gets 12 new books on local life and history
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- Local historian Florent Héroux has now written 12 books on area history, including genealogy, all including interesting, colourful and often little known facts that bring the region to life.All books to date have been written in French and four include English
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Fatal Brampton fire spurs safety reminder
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – Smoke alarms save lives, says Temiskaming Shores’ fire chief.Investigators found no working smoke alarms in the house where a mother, father and teenager died in a Valentine’s Day fire in Brampton, said Chief Tim Uttley last week.“Early detection and warning of a fire
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Watershed conditions in North Bay district
The North Bay district of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry issued the following watershed conditions and water safety statement on Friday, February 24:On Friday an intensifying low pressure system is forecast to bring mixed precipitation across the Province.The district – including Temagami and Latchford, Marten River, Sturgeon Falls,
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Freezing rain warning
Environment Canada issued the following warning at 5:10 a.m:Ice build-up due to freezing rain is expected or occurring.Freezing rain developing early this evening.Snow is expected to begin this morning, becoming mixed with ice pellets this afternoon. 5 to 10 cm of snow and ice pellets is expected before changing to
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Fallen conductor blamed for outage cause
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A fallen conductor was the cause of a power outage to more than 1,700 electricity customers in southern Temiskaming late last week.The February 17 outage, which was reported to have occurred at 4:55 a.m., affected residents from Dymond to Casey to Dack.Hydro One
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Albert street prepped for upgrade
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The engineering to reconstruct a half-kilometre stretch of Albert Street in Haileybury will be completed this year.That means it’ll be shovel-ready when funding opportunities arise, said Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd after council met February 7.The engineering will be completed
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City rolls into bronze bike-friendly status
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – In the mid-February depths of winter, few people are thinking of biking.But that may change.Temiskaming Shores has been awarded a bronze level standing as a bicycle friendly community by the Share the Road Cycling Coalition.The city joins Thunder Bay
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