Good News
January 4, 2008
Doug LaBerge has been named the 2007 CJKL FM Citizen of the Year. Read Story
January 5, 2008
1 US dollar = 1.00295 Canadian
January 6, 2008
Linda Picotte and Simon Foucault of Virginiatown welcomed their new son into the world Friday morning at 3:45. The newborn, whose name hasn’t yet been decided, weighed in at 7 pounds 1.5 ounces and was the first baby born at Kirkland and District Hospital this year.
January 7, 2008
The Northern Prospectors' Association has already started to receive support for a project that would turn the former gold producing Toburn Mine at the eastern entrance to town into a tourist attraction. Read story
1 US dollar = 1.00450 Canadian
January 11, 2008
An ounce of gold for February delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange jumped $6.50 to $900.10 in morning trading, an all-time high and a psychologically important milestone.
Bad News
January 4, 2008
Snowmobile stolen in Otto Read Story
January 5, 2008
1 US dollar = 1.00295 Canadian
January 10, 2008
Power outage affects residents across region.
A sudden change in the weather (from rain to snow) coupled with strong winds is responsible for a power outage to New Liskeard, Kirkland Lake South Temagami, Elk Lake, Matachewan, Gowganda and a number of southern points in the province on Wednesday morning.
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