City supports seniors’ housing study

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city wants to see if a business case can be made for more seniors’ housing in the municipality.Temiskaming Shores council has supported a request for funding from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) to develop a business plan for

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caFebruary 24, 2016NewsHealth, housing, seniors

City interested in partnership if new school proceeds

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city is “very interested” in working with District School Board Ontario North East if a new school is built in the municipality.“This might incorporate a new joint public-student library, which the city could possibly invest capital into or provide the

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OCNA Awards

Speaker and Weekender recognized for photography and editorial writingTORONTO (Staff/special) – The Temiskaming Speaker’s photography and editorial writing have been recognized by the journalism industry.The Speaker and its weekend edition, the Temiskaming Speaker Weekender, were named finalists in four categories in the Ontario Community Newspaper Association’s (OCNA)

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ESCSM Honour Roll

DISTRICT (Staff/special) – The following is the 2015-16 first semester Honour Roll at Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie.Grade 9Baril, AshleyBaril, DominicBates, LeahBédard, StéphaneBreault, MaximBreault, PaigeChartrand, AngelinaCorbin, PhilippeCôté, KaseyDaviau, JesseDewar, JennaGosselin, ÉmilieJulien, MackennaKirkey, Calvin

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EHS Honour Roll

Englehart (Staff/special) – The following is Englehart High School’s (EHS) Honour Roll for Semester 1, Term 2 (Final) for the marking period ending January 28, 2016.According to information supplied by the school, “As per District School Board Ontario North East Senior Administration level instructions, and pursuant to Privacy

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caFebruary 24, 2016Newseducation, EHS, honor roll

Seized drugs valued at $70,240

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Three area residents face drug-related charges after the search of a residence turned up marijuana with an estimated street value of $70,240.The house, located in New Liskeard, was searched February 10 by the Ontario Provincial Police’s organized crime enforcement bureau’s North Bay drug unit

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caFebruary 17, 2016Newscrime, drugs, OPP

SCENE

This is a photo of the site where two 19 year-old Armstrong Township teens died when the northbound car they were driving collided head-on with a southbound tractor-trailer early Sunday morning, February 14. The crash happened on Highway 11, just a few kilometres north of the Highway 11 and

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Tax scam costs New Liskeard woman $4,700

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A New Liskeard resident is out $4,700 after a tax scam resurfaced in the area.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police are reminding the public to be wary after the woman fell victim to what’s described as the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) tax scam.Police were called

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caFebruary 17, 2016NewsCRA, crime, theft

Come in, income tax filers

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – That taxing time of year is back.And so too is help, thanks to the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program.The program offers clinics staffed by trained volunteers who will prepare returns for free for people with modest incomes and simple returns.Last year, volunteers

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Listening to the North grow

[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe[/caption]For the better part of the past 30 years, I have been attending small-town council meetings and, also sometimes attending meetings of the rural municipalities.

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