CNIB eye van tests, treats and educates in Englehart
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) mobile eye van visited Englehart last week as it makes its way across Northern Ontario screening, testing and educating people about eye care.The CNIB eye van, also known as the
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Predicting the lake breakup?
DISTRICT (Staff) – It’s been a long, cold, clingy winter and this may be the year we set a new lake breakup record for Lake Temiskaming.Anglers on Lake Temiskaming have reported a buildup of at least four to six feet of ice on the lake this year which
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End of March is end of huts of Lake Temiskaming
DISTRICT (Staff) – Spring is indeed here and that means ice hut removal season is also here.Tuesday, March 31, is the deadline to get your winter home-away-from-home off of Lake Temiskaming.That also goes for all waters of Fisheries Management Zones (FMZ) 12 (Temiskaming above the dam), and
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Back to the future
Last Wednesday’s spring-like weather had many people optimistic the long winter was finally over. But by Friday, Temiskaming fell under a heavy snowfall alert for March 13 and 14 that warned winter would be back in full force. Traffic along Highway 11 had to be patient while crews worked
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Local lawyer/judge Ian Gordon passes away
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Long-time Haileybury lawyer and Ontario Superior Court Justice, Ian (McDougall) Gordon, passed away at his home on Lake Temiskaming on Thursday,
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The Spirit of the Library
While living in Parry Sound between 2006 and 2010, one of my favourite jobs was working at the library there.I was fascinated by the Dewey Decimal System and the concept that all the knowledge in the world can be categorized under a number and alphabet system.The system
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City planning $1 million in road projects
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Just over $1 million in road work is outlined in the city’s budget plans for 2015.Temiskaming Shores is drawing on federal gas tax money to pay for the work.City councillors reviewed the plan at a special council meeting last week
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Day Two – Emotional day of testimony at Wenham trial
Court hears owner was not homeNORTH BAY (Staff) -- It was an emotional day of testimony in the second day of the trial of Michael Wenham, charged with impaired driving causing death and bodily harm in the death of Carter Antila of New Liskeard.Tuesday, March 3,
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Day Three – Testimony about the scene
Court hears about evening at cottageNORTH BAY (Staff) --The third day in the trial of Michael Wenham took place Wednesday, March 4 in North Bay Superior Court. Mr. Wenham is charged in association with the July 31 death of Carter Antila, then 19, of New Liskeard.He has
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Day Four – Cross-examinations and police testimony
Condition of UTV and tire marks describedNORTH BAY (Staff) -- Day Four, March 5, of the Michael Wenham trial at Superior Court in North Bay began with cross-examination of Constable Chris Purdie by defence lawyer Dennis Fenton.Court heard that Constable Purdie was responding to the scene
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