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SIU Concludes Temiskaming Shores Investigation
2007-07-13 14:50:00 TORONTO, July 12 /CNW/ - The Director of the Special Investigation s Unit (SIU), James Cornish, has concluded that there are no reasonable grounds to believe that any Temiskaming Shores Police Service (TSPS) officers committed any criminal offence in relation to the death of 31-year-old Arvo Marttila. Three SIU investigators probed the ... More About: Ming , Kami , Tiga
The New North Bay - it?s shadfly season!
2007-07-09 05:07:00 Check out the windows of the downtown businesses. Covered in shadflies. Is that typical for this time of year? This seems to be typical of downtown North Bay, but it looks like we are getting our fair share of shadflies this season. What’s the reason? Freak occurrence? Global warming? Strange ... More About: Season , North Bay , Seas
Closing Cobalt school will be kiss of death
2007-06-28 14:03:00 Very well written article about the closure of the Cobalt Public School at the North Bay Nugget More About: Kiss , Death
Province to make major investment in Wabi Iron and Steel
2007-06-20 14:12:00 From Northern News TEMISKAMING SHORES ? Ontario’s Minister of Northern Development and Mines Rick Bartolucci will be in Temiskaming Shores Friday morning to announce a “major provincial investment” at Wabi Iron and Steel . The news conference is slated for 10 a.m. at the New Liskeard-based company. More About: Investment , Make , Major
Judy?s Pace?s Brochure Goals - 6 month anniversary checklist
2007-05-13 14:00:00 This was written after the election just 6 months ago… Here are the items from Judy Pace ’s Brochure about what was to be be accomplished in the first 6 months of office. Leave a comment to indicate which items have been completed and which haven’t. —- With your support, as Mayor I will ask Council to ... More About: Anniversary , Goals
Temiskaming Shores Biggest Pothole?
2007-05-08 01:07:00 Man, the roads around here are a little rough, don’t you think. Just out of interest… leave a comment with where you think the biggest pothole in town is! More About: Shore , Temi , Hole , Shores , Ming
Comments about the school board decision to ban MP3 players and cell phones
2007-04-19 20:53:00 Well the schools have banned cell phones and MP3 players. Can’t use them on school property at all. An interesting perspective from one of the students… Read it here. A story from the Toronto Star. More About: Players , Cell Phones , Phones , Cell , School
Positive News Re Judy Pace - Revised..
2007-04-19 20:45:00 Have a look at the (very well written) news article by John Hunt at the Nugget about Judy Pace Mayor Judy launched a shrewd blow to the belly when she suggested the board should stop having a good meal at public expense at every meeting, costing some $6,000 a year. This coming from the woman who threw ... More About: News , Vise , Positive , Posi
What do we really know?
2007-04-13 02:11:00 Media in this area seems to be very filtered. Can’t offend the sponsors now. Even many of the people in this area I talk to say - and rightfully so - that they are not willing to speak out since they are a business owner and people won’t shop there. What do you know ... More About: Hat , Real , Know , Really
OCCPS
2007-04-10 01:27:00 With 147 seats set out and most filled, the 2 person hearing took place…but the ruling isn’t expected until the end of April or the beginning of May. The two conditions for disbandment are: 1) There must be adequate policing to replace the existing service 2) Severance issues must be dealt with. The KOPS people are saying that the ...
Service Ontario arrives in New Liskeard
2007-04-01 14:30:00 This article shows up on WebWire toda. I haven’t been down there yet, but I’m hoping they mean the little kiosk you see at many shopping centres. Very convenient. The Government of Ontario is making it easier for residents of Temiskaming Shores to access services and information from five provincial ministries at its newest Service Ontario Centre, Temiskaming-Cochrane ... More About: Arri , Vice
Episode 2
2007-03-30 03:34:00 OK… We are trying to line up some interesting guests for episode 2 (A series of shorter segments, 5 minutes long) Any suggestions from the web site visiting crowd as to who we’d like to see? Come on Temiskaming Shores, who are the people you want to hear from in the community? More About: Episode , Piso , Episode 2
OCCPS On today
2007-03-28 16:19:00 1 PM Riverside place. Why doesn’t someone go and record this? OCCPS Site info More About: Today
Statistics Canada 2006 Census results
2007-03-15 13:07:00 While plenty of Northern Communities lost population in the last census… With a population of 10,732, Temiskaming Shores saw a 1 per cent increase over its former total of 10,630 Read the full story at NorthernOntarioBusiness. More About: Canada , Results , Nada , Statistics , Cana
Episode 1
2007-03-12 23:58:00 You have two choices for viewing. Watch our video on YouTube. The second choice is to subscribe to our Podcast Video (yes, it is iPod ready!). You can use this in your media player like Democracy, or paste it into iTunes. That way you can subscribe to it and the latest episode will be automatically delivered ... More About: Episode , Piso , Episode 1
Episode 1 in Post Production
2007-03-12 15:19:00 Still doing a few edits and tweaks on the first episode and trying to make it a reasonable size to watch online! Stay Tuned! More About: Episode , Post , Product , Production , Piso
The Concept Paper
2007-03-11 04:37:00 The Plan for a Sustainable Temiskaming from Deepwater. More About: Paper , Once , Concept , The Con
Saturday March 10th Show Taping
2007-03-10 05:41:02 So Saturday at 11AM, at Chat Noir Books in Downtown New Liskeard. It is the place to be. Audience welcome. Quen Lee and David Cooper will be discussing local events and sustainability in the north with guest Ambrose Raftis of Deepwater Regional Development Corporation. The show will go online by Sunday. I’m interested in seeing how ... More About: Show , Turd , March , Marc
Talk of the north video episodes!
2007-03-09 05:40:05 Talk of the North is going to video! Join us Saturday, March 10th at Chat Noir Books at 11 AM for our first filming. Join hosts David Cooper and Quen Lee as they discuss some local news and the issues facing our area over coffee. Audience members are welcome and if you have something ... More About: Video , Episode , The N , Episodes
What a week!
2007-02-26 17:36:01 Frogs breath cancelled, Earlton airport faces closure. Quite a bleak week for topics in this weeks speaker. How do we turn this around? Or is this area on the slipperly slope to becoming the next Kirkland Lake? The wording in the paper uses the term ‘in crisis’ when describing the forest industry. ... More About: What , Hat , Week
Talk of the North - the video!
2007-02-21 11:31:07 Talk of the North is considering putting together a series of video episodes. Each episode would be 20-30 minutes long and would discuss with a series of guests, the events happening in Temiskaming. It would be shot in a downtown location, with possibilities for audience participation and tasty beverages and snacks. How would you watch ... More About: Video , The N , Talk , The V
Judy?s Pace?s Brochure Goals - 3 month anniversary checklist
2007-02-17 11:27:03 This was written after the election just 3 months ago and I post dated it to emerge later on… Here are the items from Judy Pace’s Brochure about what was to be be accomplished in the first 3 months of office. Leave a comment to indicate which items have been completed and which haven’t. —- With ... More About: Anniversary , Goa , Goals , List , Check
Financial restraint or no financial restraint?
2007-02-17 11:27:03 From the minutes page…. This week in council… Mike Pearson speaks very loudly about financial restraints. But at this weeks meeting, in the spirit of financial restraint councilor Mike McArthur brings forward an amendment to eliminate the car allowance paid to councillors. This would amount to $150 a month X 6 members of council X 12 months = $10,800 ... More About: Financial , Rain , Train , Rest , Stra
Peter Grant wins $1.5 million in lawsuit against Toronto Star
2007-02-09 11:25:02 A jury has awarded nearly 1.5 million in damages against the Toronto Star regarding the issue of libel around the expansion of Peter Grant’s golf course Read the full story at the Toronto Star. This ends the long standing battle! Glad to see the everyday man can take on the media and win! More About: Lawsuit , Laws , Rant , Lion
OCCOPS - March 28th!
2007-02-09 11:25:02 Will it finally end? Marc h 28th the OCCOPS hearing will be held at Riverside place on March 28th… (Does anyone know the time?) The KOPS people will be there. If you aren’t a KOPS person, and are opposed will you be there? More About: Cops
Thornloe Cheese Factory
2007-02-05 23:22:01 Well it looks like the deal is done. The Thor nloe Cheese factory remains here. Kudos to Yves Gauthier and the others involved for making it happen. Myself, I eagerly await the return of the BBQ cheese curd. More About: Factory , Fact , Factor
$600,000 for STATO Trail
2007-02-05 23:22:01 Minister of Health Promotion (yes, you read that correctly) kicks in $600,000 for the STATO trail project. It is very nice to see that the government sees a direct connection in putting money into initiatives now, rather than paying it out as hospital costs later. A trail system like this will be a massive ... More About: Rail , Stat , TRAI , Trail
No Proof of political pressure?
2007-01-28 05:19:02 “A Toronto Star writer had no information that a powerful businessman used political influence to ensure that a golf course expansion was a “done deal” despite reporting that sentiment in his story, he told a libel trial.” Read the full story at the Toronto Star More About: Political , Press , Politica , Proof , Roof
Writers wanted - Let?s agree to disagree?
2007-01-24 05:15:01 Running this site, I put myself in the line of fire of some people. I received an angry phone call at home one time from someone who is very vocal in the community about my view with the KOPS propoganda. He let his opinion be known to me and to me the whole argument seemed ... More About: Write , Writers , Want , Writer , Wanted
Population problems? Where is the next generation?
More articles from this author:2007-01-22 17:13:01 Al Gore put forth an interesting analogy in the movie ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ He uses the analogy of a frog. See the Wikipedia Entry for full details. A brief excerpt is here The boiling frog story states that a frog can be boiled alive if the water is heated slowly enough?it is said that ... More About: Pop , The N , Problems , Next , Problem 1, 2, 3 |
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