Minimal damage in fire at Market Street garage
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Damage is reported to be minimal from a fire at a detached garage in New Liskeard last week.Temiskaming Shores Fire Chief Tim Uttley said New Liskeard firefighters responded to the call to a private garage on Market Street around noon November 8.He said
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Police investigating Hwy. 560 collision
ENGLEHART (Staff) – Police are investigating a single-vehicle collision that occurred west of Gowganda earlier this month.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say a tractor trailer unit hauling logs overturned on Hwy. 560 about 15 kilometres west of Gowganda at about 10:38 a.m. November 7.Police say the driver, a
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On Remembrance
[caption id="attachment_14329" align="alignleft" width="300"] Hailey McCue[/caption]Editor’s Note: Hailey McCue is a Timiskaming First Nations resident and currently a grade 12 student at Timiskaming District Secondary School. She is taking a Co-op
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Community hub
Englehart library growing in activities and numbersDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The first thing you notice on entering the Englehart Public Library is that it is completely accessible. All open-concept, the library is a space where people can easily find what they are looking for, along with a
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Harkening back to a homesteader’s holiday season
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- The Little Claybelt Homesteaders Museum is holding a Christmas sale Friday, November 18 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, November 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.The Christmas-time event will whisk people back to an old-time Christmas, with a
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Temiskaming’s missing soldier
Walter Tyermanby André MaheuNOTE: André Maheu is a New Liskeard semi-retired history teacher and researcher-historian author of They Stepped into Immortality, a look at the World War
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Ministry to begin removing waste from Cobalt Refinery
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter COLEMAN – Waste removal from a former refinery in Coleman Township is expected to begin shortly.A waste hauling company will be hired to remove “priority liquid waste” from the Cobalt Refinery site, said Gary Wheeler, spokesperson for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and
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Preparing Cobalt Community Spirit Award
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- The new Cobalt Community Spirit Award, which will be presented for the first time next Canada Day celebration to one male and one female, will be opened up to anyone who provides support to the Town of Cobalt whether or not they
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OCNA seeking “exceptional youth” for Junior Citizen Awards
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Do you know an outstanding youth between the ages of 6-17 who is performing worthwhile community service, contributing to their community while living with a limitation, have performed acts of heroism, excellence in personal achievements or is a “good kid” going above
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“Survivor Diaries” details WW II veteran’s stories
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — As Remembrance Day is upon us, The Temiskaming Speaker’s book called “Survivor Diaries” features 56 World War II veterans’ stories.Between 1939 and 1945, over 1.1 million Canadians served in the army, navy, and air forces contributing significantly to the Allied efforts
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