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Love the region

speakeradmin — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:30:32 +0000

New to Temiskaming Shores, Haileybury residents Matt Bruni and Chelsea Pretty with their husky dog Colt were exploring nearby Lake Temiskaming via snowshoes on Sunday, February 12. Pretty is a physician doing her residency at the Temiskaming Hospital. Both say they love the area and look forward to the

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Winter filming excursion for Nastawgan Trails this weekend

speakeradmin — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:54:10 +0000

è��AV Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Why not jointhe Nastawgan Trails group for an easy going eight-kilometre snowshoe outing this weekend and take part in a filming sequence at the same time?Nastawgan Trails Inc. hired Drew Gauley of Good Gauley Productions to film sequences of activities involving

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Super Moon Tonight!

speakeradmin — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:48:38 +0000

Direct your eyes to the sky. Tonight will be the biggest full moon since 1948.

Photo taken from Cobalt through a 6 inch telescope.

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At The Marsh

speakeradmin — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 17:31:43 +0000

Big year expected for boreal owlsè��AV Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_14211" align="alignleft" width="500"] Nicole Richardson, assistant bander at the Hilliardton Marsh Research and Education Centre, is pictured here holding

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A unique and inspiring setting drawing artists

speakeradmin — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:05:07 +0000

è��AV Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="13309,13310"]WHITEFISH FALLS -- About 3.5 billion years ago, nature conspired to establish a range of white quartzite mountains in what is now known as Northern Ontario.At the time, they were higher than the present-day Rocky Mountains. Time and natural events have brought them

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Riverbank slides into Wabi

speakeradmin — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:05:37 +0000

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A big chunk of riverbank now sits in the Wabi, a short distance from the bridge on Golf Course Road.All was normal at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, said landowner Danny Desjardins.But at 8:30 a.m. the next day, he

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Change is in the air

speakeradmin — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 18:47:50 +0000

Area residents are visibly cheered by the advent of the first signs of spring.Sounds of long-absent birds are now filling the air.A south wind feels like a free trip to the sunny south.Everyone is in a better mood.Area activities will also be picking up steam,

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Fines levied for ’13 hunting violations

speakeradmin — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:59:56 +0000

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – Fines of $4,500 have been levied against a Cobalt couple and a North Bay man for hunting violations in 2013.The case was heard in the Ontario Court of Justice in Haileybury February 12.The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reports that it

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Growing green on idle land

speakeradmin — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:24:32 +0000

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter DISTRICT – In a region known for its forests, Northern landowners are being invited to plant more trees.The initiative is targeting rural properties that may not be suited to agriculture or could benefit from windbreaks or erosion control.Private landowners are eligible for subsidies

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CHICKADEE CONSERVATIONIST

speakeradmin — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:59:01 +0000

This black-capped chickadee is oblivious to the cold weather as it happily flitted about near a bird feeder along Portage Bay Road in Coleman Township recently. Chickadees can actually lower their body temperature in a controlled manner allowing the bird to conserve its hourly metabolic exposure when outside temperatures

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