New Liskeard house gutted by early morning fire
Neighbour saves livesSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter NEW LISKEARD — An early morning blaze has left a single-family dwelling here at 116 Paget Street north heavily damaged.Temiskaming Shores Fire Department New Liskeard and Dymond firefighters were called to the scene of the fire at approximately
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Single stream recycling
Cobalt’s new waste management program explainedDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- An enhanced curbside recycling program is coming to Cobalt, beginning on October 2.The bins that will be used for the new program are arriving in Cobalt this week in readiness for the new garbage and curbside recycling
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New completion date
Cobalt project extended over 2014 and 2015Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter Let us say thatis a big project”, -- Cobalt Mayor Tina SartorettoCOBALT -- The Lang Street project running through the Town of Cobalt is not expected to be completed this year, although it is expected
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College life
Construction of campus housing to startDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -– Construction of a 64-student residence on Northern College’s Haileybury campus is expected to begin within the next month.A ceremonial groundbreaking was held earlier this week in what college president Fred Gibbons considered an important
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Northern potential
Area targeted for beef herd expansionDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Wanted: beef farmers, all ages, all backgrounds, willing to train.Ontario’s beef producers haven’t placed an actual ad, but they have an ambitious goal to dramatically increase the province’s beef cow herd.And they see
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Murder Charge Laid
Police seeking more public info in Parsons’ caseGordon Brock Speaker Editor DISTRICT – Now that a 27-year-old former Cobalt resident has been charged with first-degree murder in the 2013 death of Christopher Parsons of Haileybury, police feel there are people in the community that may have other information
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At the beach
Recognition urged for Haileybury creatorsDianeJohnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – About three weeks after Lake Temiskaming was declared ice-free, a photo of kids in the water at the Haileybury beach graced the front page of The Weekender. …the real reason these kids could
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Steamy Bikers Reunion
Community Cancer Care nets $120,000Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – For three-plus days, a sea of chrome and leather rolled into New Liskeard.As the Bikers Reunion wrapped up, it was revealed that the eleventh annual event had raised $120,000 for the Community Cancer Care
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Grand opening
Carter Antila Memorial Skatepark officially opensSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — For those that weren’t at the Carter Antila Memorial Skateboard/Bike Park grand opening this past Saturday, June 21 during National Skateboarding Day, they may have missed a major event in Temiskaming.Upwards of 300 people were in
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Landslides
Strong mandates for Vanthof in riding and Liberals across provinceGordon Brock Speaker Editor DISTRICT -- The biggest surprise in the June 12 provincial election just may be the margins of victory province-wide for Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals and in Timiskaming-Cochrane for New Democratic incumbent John Vanthof.In this riding
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