TFN canoe project gets funding support
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Temagami First Nation wants to put a youth program centred on the canoe on solid ground, so to speak.It’s been awarded $75,000 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to enhance a program for the revitalization of canoe culture.The program, which enabled
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MP waiting on legislation on medically assisted dying
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Nipissing-Timiskaming’s Liberal MP is looking forward to the introduction of legislation on medically assisted dying.“There’s still going to be a lot of discussion before the decision is made,” said MP Anthony Rota in an interview from Ottawa earlier this week.The
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HAILEYBURY LANDMARK COMES DOWN
It may not be just a building to some; it might have been the alchemy of people, laughter, fun and good times. To some residents of the region it may be bittersweet to see a Broadway Street Haileybury landmark being demolished. The aging Matabanick Hotel demolition began on Monday
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Cigarettes seized, charges laid
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – More that 500,000 unmarked cigarettes were seized and charges were laid against a Winnipeg man after a roadside stop in Temagami last week.Members of the Temagami detachment of the Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police were conducting a RIDE – Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere – check on
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Tractor-trailer driver charged
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – A Hamilton tractor-trailer driver faces several charges, including careless driving and distracted driving, after an incident near Marten River last week.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say officers were conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 11 March 28.At about 3 p.m., police say they stopped a northbound
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An ancient history
[caption id="attachment_11944" align="alignleft" width="250"] Darlene Wroe[/caption]A recent trip out to British Columbia provided a reminder about the amazing history of the First Nations people in this country.There the reminders are more clear.
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