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New Liskeard man facing multiple charges

speakeradmin — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 17:33:51 +0000

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A New Liskeard man faces more than a dozen charges after police tried to stop a vehicle on Armstrong Street late last month.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say officers spotted an unlicensed motorist driving a sport utility vehicle on Armstrong shortly before 4

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Fine levied for dumping engine in lake

speakeradmin — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 17:28:46 +0000

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special/Staff) – A Haileybury man has been fined $2,000 for dumping a boat engine in a Temagami area lake.The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reports the case began June 2016, when a conservation officer investigated a complaint concerning a boat engine discovered in Herridge Lake

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Eighteen break-ins

speakeradmin — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 16:52:20 +0000

DISTRICT (Staff/Special) — The Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have been investigating 18 recent occurrences of break and enters involving cottages and boat houses located on Lake Temagami.The OPP remind the public that cottage break and enters, damage and theft are serious concerns

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Teen charged in New Liskeard Mac’s Convenience Store robbery

speakeradmin — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 18:02:26 +0000

è��AV Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — A 16 year-old youth has been charged in connection with a robbery at the Mac’s Convenience store, located at 14 Paget Street in New Liskeard on Wednesday, January 11 at approximately 7 p.m.According to the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial

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Purse snatching incident in Cobalt

speakeradmin — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 18:01:21 +0000

COBALT (Staff) — A woman was accosted and her purse was taken while walking on Silver Street in downtown Cobalt on Wednesday, January 11, shortly after 6 p.m., say the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police.Police say the purse robber’s face was concealed at the time of

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Justice Served

speakeradmin — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 19:46:59 +0000

Hayes sentenced to life imprisonmentDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – “Justice has been served.”So said Lena Adams moments after the jury found Mathew Hayes guilty of first degree murder in the death of her brother Christopher Parsons.When Mr. Parsons died, “the community felt a great

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Fines levied for public lands, ATV offences

speakeradmin — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 19:41:31 +0000

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – Four men from the North Bay area have been fined in connection with ATV use and public land offences after accessing a Lake Temagami beach area in 2015.The fines relate to incidents in August and September, 2015.The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

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Jury begins deliberations in Parsons murder trial

speakeradmin — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:22:42 +0000

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES - After hearing testimony from more than 30 witnesses over the four weeks, jurors have begun deliberations in the trial of the man accused of killing Christopher Parsons.Former Cobalt resident Mat Hayes, now 30, has pleaded not guilty to first degree murder

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Hayes testifies in Parsons murder trial

speakeradmin — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:09:27 +0000

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – As testimony in the Parsons murder trial drew to an end late last week, jurors heard from the man accused of committing the crime.Mat Hayes, a former Cobalt resident, has pleaded not guilty to first degree murder in the death of

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Parsons Trial

speakeradmin — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 18:35:28 +0000

Jury hears details of DNA, blood spatter and computer timelinesDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The analysis of DNA, video surveillance, blood spatter and computer data was put to jurors last week as the trial continued in the death of Christopher Parsons.Mathew Hayes, a

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