Dialysis pioneer dies

SUDBURY (Special) – A physician described as a pioneer in dialysis treatment in Northeastern Ontario has died.Health Sciences North in Sudbury announced that William Fay died November 14 at the age of 72.Prior to Dr. Fay’s introduction of the dialysis program to Sudbury in 1973, patients suffering

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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“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

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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

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