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
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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
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History buff tells his own story
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Clair Shepherdson spent years combing through records to trace his family’s genealogy.The exercise prompted the New Liskeard man to examine his own past.“I kept complaining because my grandfather and my parents never wrote anything down about their history. I thought I should put my money
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Novice driver charged
EARLTON (Staff) – An Ingram Township man faces charges after a police stop on the weekend.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say officers stopped a pick-up truck on 10th Street in Earlton at about 1 a.m. March 9.A 32-year-old man has been charged under the Highway Traffic Act with driving at an
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No plans for ag education at local college campuses
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter DISTRICT – It appears that local college campuses won’t be picking agricultural programming delivered at two Eastern Ontario schools slated for closure.Officials at Collège Boréal and Northern College say there are no plans to deliver the programs at campuses in New Liskeard and Haileybury.The University of Guelph has
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New fund for sick kids’ home away from home
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It’s a place that families hope they’ll never have to stay.But for families with seriously ill children, Ronald McDonald House in downtown Toronto is “a really nice home away from home,” said Joanne Peters.The New Liskeard woman knows.The old Ronald McDonald House on Gerrard Street
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Blood pressure kiosk in Temagami
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI -- The Temagami Medical Centre and Family Health Team now proudly features a new blood pressure kiosk in the front lobby at 17 O’Connor Drive.[caption id="attachment_1980" align="alignright" width="250"] Temagami Medical Centre and Family Health Team
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NLPS students take on Cubs in Olympic aftermath
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — While it wasn’t Canada versus Sweden, it was a hockey game that united a school in a game featuring students and their hockey heroes in the spirit of the Sochi Olympic games.[caption id="attachment_1978" align="alignleft" width="250"]
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