Four-laning proposal draws support
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_5508" align="alignleft" width="270"] Alan Spacek[/caption]TEMISKAMING SHORES – A campaign to four-lane Highway 11 from North Bay through Temiskaming has drawn support.The Federation
Snowmobile charges laid
LATCHFORD (Staff) – Winter brings snow machine traffic and charges.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say an officer on patrol in Latchford November 17 stopped a 2009 Arctic Cat on Sullivan Avenue at about 3 p.m.It led to charges for both the operator and the owner.A 19-year-old Coleman
Planning for success
RESP program helps Earlton francophone studentsSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter EARLTON — In this fast paced, information age…a child’s success in life is inexplicably tied to higher levels of education.This fact is recognized by Ecole catholique Assomption staff, La Fondation Communautaire du Temiskaming and La Caisse Populaire d’Earlton
Property assessments in the mail
DISTRICT (Staff) -- Property taxpayers across Ontario are now receiving notices of their property assessments in the mail.The notice will show the assessed value and classification of a property based on the legislated valuation date of January 1, 2012, which will be in place for the 2013-2016 property
Cobalt gets tanker truck donation from Coleman
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Coleman Township has donated a tanker truck to the Town of Cobalt.The donation was acknowledged at a recent Cobalt regular council meeting.Councillor Gary Bigelow, who chairs the town’s public works committee, explained that while the tanker truck is being donated for
Fines levied for big game hunting violations
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – Three southern Ontario men were fined $2,900 after pleading guilty to big game hunting violations in the Temiskaming Shores area.The offences relate to the shooting of two moose and a bear a year ago.The case was heard by Justice of
OPP FESTIVE RIDE PROGRAM
Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Festive RIDE Program based out of North Bay were in New Liskeard stopping vehicles on Lakeshore Drive on Friday, October 31 checking for impaired drivers. From the left are driver Al Legros and OPP Constable Jeannine Grassie. The program runs until January
“It’s our duty to remember,”
says Vimy Foundation ambassadorDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- “We don’t understand the sacrifice these young men made,” Lola Angus, 17, of Coleman Township says of World War I veterans.She was speaking at Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) to Grade 10 history students in the class
TDSS student named a Board ONE trustee
TIMMINS (Special) – A Timiskaming District Secondary School student is one of two new student trustees at District School Board Ontario North East.Grade 12’s Jenna Belanger, who counts art and photography as her favourite subjects, will bring a student voice to the board.“I think this experience will
The story of Alfred Bruce Clark
Private Bruce Clark was 18 years old when he died.by André MaheuDISTRICT -- Not all of the soldiers who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force saw regular action. As a matter of fact the deplorable conditions in the trenches sent men by the thousands to hospitals.