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ColumnistsAnderson talks balls and pucks
Posted 5 days
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Well, well, well…. what a difference a week makes. There are a few things I could talk about but obviously as both a Toronto Maple Leafs fan and an Indianapolis Colts fan, I'm going to stick to arguably the two best stories of the week: 1) The big Leafs Trade and 2) The Super Bowl.
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NewsCelebrating 40 years of ‘comfort food’ in Moonbeam
Posted 5 days
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Della-Pieta Restaurant is celebrating 40 years of serving the community this month and owners Donald and Lucie Brunet are proud to be a part of it. "Things were slow at my work six years ago and I was looking for something new," said Mr.
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Posted 5 days
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Well, no one could argue the Kapuskasing Agrium Flyers aren't holding up their end when it comes to driving for home-ice in the post-season, as the Model Towners took four of a possible four points over the weekend in a pair of wins.
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Posted 13 days
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It took workers four hours to remove a tractor-trailer from the ONR tracks just outside Val Rita, Sunday. Somehow the truck ended up 15 or 20 feet off the roadway jackknifed across the tracks. The driver was charged with careless driving.
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Top newsUnions accept Tembec request
Posted 13 days
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A press release from the Union Coalition at Tembec-Kapuskasing states that last week members had voted to accept a 10 per cent reduction in their wages.
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Top newsKnights withdraw monument request
Posted 13 days
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Any discussion that might have occurred between the municipality and one of the local Knights of Columbus chapters over the placement of an anti-abortion monument was pre-empted, Monday.
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ColumnistsEveryday Sceptic #9
Posted 13 days
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Right now, you're probably scratching your head and wondering what I'm on about.
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Local SportsShootout at the ‘Ol Kap Coral
Posted 13 days
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The Kapuskasing Agrium Flyers are doing their part to try to gain home-ice advantage, edging out the New Liskeard Cubs in a Saturday night game at the Kap RCC that could best be described as a wild-west shootout.
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NewsRegional news briefs
Posted 13 days
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Smokers spend more time in hospital Ontario's Anesthesiologists estimate that if every smoker scheduled for surgery stopped six to eight weeks prior to their procedure, approximately $122 million could be saved by the health care system.
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Posted 13 days
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The Kapuskasing Figure Skating Club is ready to take the James Bay Interclub Competition (JBI) by storm. The club is sending no fewer than 47 skaters to the event this year — the most it has ever sent.
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EditorialSaddle them up and let the (municipal election) race begin
Posted 13 days
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Although it is still early in the year, election fever is slowly beginning to build. It is hoped that, given the economic climate of the planet, let alone Northern Ontario, many people cast their names into the municipal election ring this year.
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Local SportsEveryone on the floor
Posted 13 days
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Long held as the dominant art in the sport of mixed martial arts, many a fan has wondered about Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, its techniques and its applications.
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Top newsMill vote draws full house
Posted 22 days
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The most that The Northern Times can say about Sunday's vote at the Centre de Loisirs is that no one official is talking. By presstime yesterday, the paper had not received any callbacks from either either the company or the unions.
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Posted 22 days
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The last time Marg and Dan Lincez saw Sgt John Wayne Faught, he told them, "Don't worry…I'll look after your baby." That baby was Sgt Kevin Lincez, the son of Marg and Dan Lincez and a former Model Towner.
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EditorialPerhaps the time has come to bid farewell to newsprint
Posted 22 days
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There seems to be no bottom to how low the fortunes of Canada's newsprint industry can reach. Tembec Inc.'s request that its workers in Kapuskasing take a 10 per cent wage cut is another sign of dwindling strength of the market.
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Local SportsAnnual Poker rally goes Feb. 6
Posted 22 days
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It's almost time for local and area snowmobilers to fire up their engines, as the Kap Sno-Rovers snowmobile club hosts its Poker Rally on Saturday, Feb. 6. Participants can register between 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.
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Local SportsThe war to settle the score
Posted 22 days
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Kapuskasing native Remi Morvan will look to avenge his most recent loss, as the MMA fighter has signed on for a second showdown with Roland Delorme, which is scheduled to take place in Winnipeg on Feb.
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ColumnistsAfter the Whistle
Posted 22 days
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Well, well, well… lots of cool things to get to this week, so let's not waste anytime shall we? Mac is back With Mark McGwire's admission than he did indeed use performance enhancing drugs throughout his career including his single-season home run record setting 1998 season (duh!), Big Mac was
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Top newsA moment of inspiration
Posted 28 days
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Coming back to Canada over the holidays and doing the torch run has been the best way to remind myself of why I am so proud of this country. I ran with the torch through the Saugeen First Nation Reserve where only two other runners were assigned to our segment.
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Top newsKap man gets three years for killer crash
Posted 28 days
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Vina Funnel's six children will never get a hug from their mother again, but the man who was found to have caused her death will not step outside the walls of a prison for three years. Joseph Larry Chmilewski will not be driving a car for the next 10 years either.
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Top newsUnions voting on Tembec request, Sunday
Posted 28 days
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The unions at Tembec-Kapuskasing head to the Centre de Loisirs on Sunday to vote on what has been called a "request" by the company. No one is saying on the record what the substance of that "request" might be.
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EditorialWhen the rogues turn pro, the pros turn rogue
Posted 28 days
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper is at it again, proroguing Parliament that is. He has said he needs to call a timeout until after the Olympic Games so that his government can prepare for the next phase in their stimulus package.
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NewsLED streetlights promise massive savings
Posted 28 days
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Take a tour around the Model Town of an evening and take note of Maple Drive. There is something distinctly different about the quality of light filtering down from the streetlights on the little crescent off Ash Street.
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ColumnistsBoxing, basketball and UFC
Posted 28 days
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Lots of stuff to get to this week so let's not dilly-dally… Fair-weather Mayweather I don't know about anyone else, but as someone who was considering buying a boxing pay-per-view for the first time in years this coming March, I was really disappointed to hear that the much anticipated tilt
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