Providing some cheer
During the Canadian Cancer Society Daffodil Month of April, volunteer fundraisers are working to sell daffodils and raise funds to assist the Society’s work. Mac Hamilton of New Liskeard was at the New Liskeard post office Saturday morning, April 5 selling daffodil pins. He said he has been
Reconstruction begins at Three H furniture plant
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — It didn’t take the owners of the Three H Manufacturing Systems Ltd. Furniture- making plant long to hit the ground running and begin the reconstruction phase of the plant which had been heavily damaged when a section of the roof collapsed recently.The Three H Manufacturing
Englehart considering recycling options
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- Englehart council and staff are weighing their options now as they await the decision of the Cochrane-Temiskaming Waste Management Board regarding its future.The Cochrane-Temiskaming Waste Management Board has been picking up recyclables from area municipalities over the past several years and then finding markets for those
Driver facing charges
ENGLEHART (Staff) – A central Ontario man faces several charges after police stopped a vehicle moving erratically on Highway 11 last week.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say an officer stopped a vehicle shortly before 8 p.m. April 1 as it drove through Evanturel Township.A 51-year-old man from Oro-Medonte near
2014 – Temiskaming Shores & Area Canadian Cancer Society
April is Canadian Cancer Society’s Daffodil MonthBuy a daffodil pin to support Canadians living with cancerTemiskaming Shores, Ontario (April, 2014)– Every three minutes another Canadian will hear the words “You have cancer” for the first time which profoundly alters lives and the Canadian Cancer Society urges Canadians to join with them during to change cancer forever.Throughout April, volunteers in Temiskaming Shores and across Ontario will be working together to
TRAFFIC HALTED
Ice build-up on the tracks was blamed for the derailment of an empty rail car at the Highway 11 crossing near Georgia-Pacific in Englehart. Traffic was halted for a short time while crews re-railed the car March 29, said Ontario Northland communications manager Rebecca McGlynn. Normal traffic resumed at 1:20
NOFIA officially off the ground
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Work to turn New Liskeard into a hub of Northern agricultural research and development is formally underway.The Northern Ontario Farm Innovation Alliance (NOFIA) is now open in the New Liskeard Community Hall.“It will benefit Northern Ontario in a big way, and it’s happening right here
Local protest planned over hydro prices
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- Concerned about a future of dramatically rising hydro bills, people across the province will be uniting in their cities to protest.“It is going to keep climbing,” said Doug Little of hydro prices. He is one of three local organizers who are spearheading a protest in
Fire destroys Lowell Lake Lodge
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – Fire has destroyed a Temagami lodge that was also the owners’ home.“It’s a total loss,” said Temagami Fire Chief Jim Sanderson of the March 20 fire at Lowell Lake Lodge.The owners of the lodge, Evert and Hendrika Krygsman, were unhurt in the fire. But he said
Celebration of spring equinox this coming Friday
DISTRICT (Staff) — Hard to believe spring is on its merry way after one of the longest, harshest winters we’ve had in Temiskaming in quite some time.The good news is the spring equinox officially takes place this coming Thursday, March 20.All are welcome to the President’s Suites in Haileybury this