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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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.
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PUMPKIN PATCH DELIGHT
New Liskeard Public School Junior Kindergarten student, six-year-old Aiston Ouimet, is holding a pumpkin while at Craig Haven Farms and Gardens along Highway 65 West in Hudson Township. Children in Junior and Senior kindergarten were treated to a wagon ride around the farm and choose their very own pumpkins
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Valley East man dies in Hwy. 11 crash
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – The cause of a fatal head-on crash that claimed the life of a Sudbury area man near Temagami is under investigation.Andre Noel, 69, of Valley East was confirmed dead at the scene of the October 17 collision on Highway 11 south of Temagami.Temiskaming Ontario
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HWy. 11 Closed
Motorists heading south on Highway 11 on October 17 were warned by the MNR sign in Coleman Township of the road closure in the Temagami area. The highway was not fully reopened until 6:20 p.m., more than 12 hours after the fatal collision occurred. (Staff photo by Steen Larocque)
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Drugs recovered in two New Liskeard searches
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Police say a variety of drugs were seized after two New Liskeard apartments were searched last week.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say a quantity of cocaine, methamphetamine, prescription pills and marijuana as well as cash were found in a search of a Whitewood Avenue apartment
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