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Council says Bucke can operate in 2020

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Campground operations will be status quo at Bucke Park next year, and the property will be considered in the master recreation plan under …

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Temiskaming stages plowing match no. 21

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter BELLE-VALLÉE – The latest in farm machinery was on display at the Temiskaming Plowing Match on the weekend. But Yoland Rocheleau was using old tech as …

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Temiskaming staging 21st plowing match

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter BELLE-VALLÉE – Rain or shine, Temiskaming’s plowing match hits the ground later this week. The 21st edition of the event will be held September 27, 28 …

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Marsh banding sessions are a hoot

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter HILLIARDTON — It was a perfect night for owl banding. The moon was a sliver in the sky, there was virtually no wind and temperatures were …

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Northeastern Catholic board names new chair

TIMMINS (Staff) – The Northeastern Catholic District School Board has a new chair and vice-chair following the resignation of trustee Rick Brassard. At a special meeting of the board October …

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Saving our pristine places

The recent report shared by a Quebec agency and lake protection association that there are spiny water fleas in Lake Temiskaming really should not come as a surprise. There are …

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Home of my ancestors

Home of my ancestors By Darlene Wroe At the time you read this, I will be marvelling at the landscapes and seascapes of Eastern Canada. My ancestral roots extend to …

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Challenge was a day of mud, sweat and cheers

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter CHARLTON — They ran, they climbed, they fell and they crawled doing whatever was necessary to conquer the Great Northern Obstacle Course Challenge. Held at the …

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Volleyball tournaments test skills

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Junior- and Senior-level high school volleyball teams converged at Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie (ESCSM) and Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) on Wednesday, October …

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Seniors’ housing complex moving forward

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A 68-unit seniors’ apartment complex in Dymond is closer to starting construction. Temiskaming Shores council has agreed to guarantee a $2.1 million mortgage …

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Tentative deal averts CUPE school strike

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It was status quo at schools across Ontario on Monday after a tentative deal was reached with some 55,000 support workers late Sunday …

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Cobalt working to win approval of wetlands

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT – The Town of Cobalt and Story Environmental are planning on collecting data from the outflow of the town’s constructed wetland, and taking some other …

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Changes in Ontario Northland operations

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART – Ontario Northland has decided to relocate six of its freight locomotive engineer and conductor positions to its rail headquarters in Englehart from North Bay. …

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Carr pledges to fight for more federal funding for riding

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The Conservative candidate in Nipissing-Timiskaming made her first run for elected office in last fall’s municipal campaign. But after winning election to Callander …

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