Ministry reviewing winter road classification
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Ontario’s transportation minister says the winter maintenance classification system for the province’s highways is under review.But Transportation Minister Glen Murray has made no commitment to reclassify Highway 11 north of North Bay at this time.The minister recently responded to a February 4 resolution
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Tax talks tabled
Tax talks tabledDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -– City council is delving deeper into the financial situation of a New Liskeard retirement home before deciding whether to phase-in a tax payment plan.Temiskaming Shores council has directed city staff to prepare a report looking at Northdale
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City defers tax-free status debate to May 20
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – City council is slated to discuss a potential change to Northdale Manor’s tax-free status later this month.The issue was raised May 5 when Temiskaming Shores discussed a proposal from Councillor Danny Whalen to phase in property tax payments over a four-year period.
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Cobalt considering selling RV Park
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Cobalt council is considering selling the RV Park next door to the Golden Age Club on Argentite Avenue.At their regular council meeting Tuesday, April 29, the majority of council expressed concern to ensure that the sale of the RV Park would still leave
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TFN sisters appointed to the courts
BEAR ISLAND (Special) – In the span of a few weeks, two sisters from Temagami First Nation have been appointed to the Ontario court system.Holly Charyna, a former chief of Temagami First Nation and more recently its executive director, was named a justice of the peace last month.
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Northern urging degree program expansion
TIMMINS (Special) – Northern College’s president is joining his counterparts in calling on the Ontario government to permit colleges to offer three-year degrees.“Now more than ever, employers are looking for workers that have a combination of the theoretical education typically attained through degree programs and the hands-on training
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Mother’s Day 100 years old
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY/COBALT -- It was on May 9, 1914, that Mother’s Day officially became a day to mark in the United States.President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the new holiday to remind people to celebrate and honour their mothers.Other nations quickly followed in the footsteps of the
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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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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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