Transit committee looking at other buses
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- The Temiskaming Transit Committee is not satisfied with the four buses purchased for the fleet and put into operation two years ago.The transit committee is now looking at other buses, transit committee chair and Cobalt mayor Tina Sartoretto commented to her council
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VETERANS TOWN HALL
Nipissing-Timiskaming Federal Liberal candidate Anthony Rota, seen here, was at Branch 54 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Haileybury on January 24. He was in town to discuss veterans’ issues with both veterans and their supporters. Elisha Sloan-Keats, from Mattawa, who recently retired after serving in the Canadian Forces
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Northern Ontario has bigger stake in PDAC ’15
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city is taking the lead in an expanded presence for Northern Ontario at this year’s mining showcase in Toronto.Temiskaming Shores is overseeing coordination of a regional pavilion with more than 50 exhibitors at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada
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Smoother local implementation of OW and ODSP software
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- In Temiskaming, the implementation has been fairly smooth of the new software for Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program recipients, according to District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) chief administrative officer Don Studholme.But in other parts of
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DTSSAB CAO says budget will increase in 2015
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The 2015 District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board budget has to be increased, chief administrative officer Don Studholme told the board at their regular meeting in Englehart in late 2014“We’re going to have an increase in our budget this year,” he
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Latchford council committees set
LATCHFORD (Staff) -- Latchford council held its inaugural meeting Thursday, December 4, and appointed councillors to their committees.Mayor George Lefebvre is ex-officio of all committees.Councillor Theo Cull will chair the finance and general government committee. He will be the vice-chair of the economic development
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City’s OMPF funding dips
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The main source of provincial funding to the city has dipped a little.Temiskaming Shores will receive $3.74 million from the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund in 2015, down almost 2.4 per cent from 2014.That’s dropped still further from 2013, when the city was allocated
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Forward to development
City mayor looking ahead to ’15Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_6020" align="alignleft" width="207"] Mayor Carman Kidd[/caption]TEMISKAMING SHORES - As 2015 begins, the city’s mayor is looking forward to development.
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Year saw full agenda in city
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Recyclables, waterfronts and elections were among the attention-getters in Temiskaming Shores in 2014.Residents finally saw an end to the big blue bin depots and the introduction of curbside recycling in the fall.Within two months of
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Federal election candidate
Nipissing-Timiskaming federal NDP rep chosenDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- The Nipissing-Timiskaming Federal New Democratic Party Riding Association has selected Kathleen Jodouin to represent them in the 2015 federal election.Ms. Jodouin stood for the nomination to represent the party along with Catherine Murton Stoehr.The selection
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