CUPE launches work-to-rule in schools
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Schools are changing plans and work duties as they cope with job action launched by some unionized staffers earlier this week. The Canadian …
100 Women Who Care comes to South Temiskaming
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES —What if you could raise $10,000 for your favourite charity or other local need in just one hour? When 100 women come together in …
Harvest Queen and court crowned at Fall Fair
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — There’s likely few who would have traded places with any of the judges for the 2019 Harvest Queen Pageant, held at the Horne …
Cobalt may add a doctor next summer
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT – Plans are in place for an additional doctor to set up shop in Cobalt effective July 2020. Dr. Eric Besner has expressed interest in …
New housing ready in Temiskaming Shores
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Eight new housing units are now ready on Grant Drive in Temiskaming Shores. The units are a mixture of affordable housing ($750 a …
New approach to non-urgent patient transfers
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Temiskaming Hospital is taking a new approach to non-urgent patient transfers. The hospital now has a contract with Platinum Patient Transfer Services of …
Freight train/truck collision closes Highway 11
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Highway 11 was closed to traffic Saturday when Ontario Provincial Police from the Temiskaming Detachment attended a collision involving a freight train and …
Blood donor clinics to end in region
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A new project for Canadian Blood Services in Sudbury means an end to the mobile blood donor clinics in Temiskaming Shores and Kirkland …
Doc recruiters launching new campaign
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Over the past 12 years, a $635,000 fundraising initiative has provided incentives to 14 doctors recruited to the area served by Temiskaming Hospital. …
North On Tap donating $67,000
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The third annual North On Tap Craft Beef Festival glass has overflowed with goodness as the popular event raised $67,000 for not-for-profit groups …