Beach surveillance to focus on blue-green algae
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The Timiskaming Health Unit isn’t doing routine water sampling at public beaches this summer. Instead, it’s focusing on blue-green algae. However, it will …
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Multiple departments respond to Harris fire
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The cause of a fire in a recycling and scrap metal yard earlier this week in Harris Township hasn’t been determined. …
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Local COVID-19 situation stable
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It continues pretty quiet on the COVID-19 front in Temiskaming. “Things have been stable locally,” said Dr. Glenn Corneil, the district’s …
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COVID wave six “coming down nicely”
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT – A COVID-19 outbreak at the Temiskaming Lodge in Haileybury was declared over on June 13 and there are no longer any institutions …
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Construction of Grant Drive extension to start
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Construction will begin this year of the long-awaited extension of Grant Drive to Highway 65 East. The new stretch of road, …
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Hospitals continue with COVID mask measures
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor DISTRICT – South Temiskaming’s three hospitals will continue to insist staff and visitors wear masks inside their facilities. Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health …
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100 Women raise $13,800 for Rotary Club
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The excitement and energy in the room was palpable. It was the first in-person get together since the pandemic began for the 100 …
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Essay wins $10,000 for Habitat for Humanity
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART — What is the true meaning of the word home? A Grade 5 student at Englehart Public School wrote about her definition of “home” in …
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Hospital reaches settlement with Pace patients
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – Temiskaming Hospital has reached an out-of-court settlement with patients of the late physician P.J. Pace. In a June 8 memo to staff, hospital president and CEO …
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COVID trends heading “in the right direction”
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – All signs in Temiskaming and Ontario as a whole are pointing to the decline of COVID-19’s sixth wave, says the district’s …
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