Skateboarders on thin ice

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city has a warning for skateboarders eager to explore behind the fence of the New Liskeard park-to-be:Stay out.Temiskaming Shores Councillor Jamie Morrow was on his way to a council meeting last week when he spotted several teenagers in the fenced-off

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caApril 23, 2014Newsnew liskeard, skate park

Deer hunters fined

NORTH BAY (Special) – A Cobalt man was among three deer hunters fined in connection with violations late last year.The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources reports that court was told that a conservation officer visited a trio’s hunt camp in Nipissing Township on November 8, 2013.

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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

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caApril 9, 2014NewsCanadian Cancer Society, Cancer Society

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

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caApril 9, 2014NewsThree 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

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caApril 9, 2014NewsEnglehart, recycling

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

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caApril 9, 2014Newscharges, DUI, OPP

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

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caApril 9, 2014NewsCanadian Cancer Society, cancer

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

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caApril 2, 2014Newsderailment, Englehart, Georgia Pacific

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

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caApril 2, 2014Newsagriculture, NOFIA

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

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caMarch 26, 2014Newshydro, hydro one, protest

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Temiskaming Shores Community Newspaper

Skateboarders on thin ice

Deer hunters fined

Providing some cheer

Reconstruction begins at Three H furniture plant

Englehart considering recycling options

Driver facing charges

2014 – Temiskaming Shores & Area Canadian Cancer Society

TRAFFIC HALTED

NOFIA officially off the ground

Local protest planned over hydro prices