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Article: Area growth anticipated from amalgamation.(Timiskaming & region: special report)
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- Northern Ontario Business
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- August 1, 2003
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Come the New Year, there will be a new council for all of Haileybury, New Liskeard and Dymond Township.
"Currently, Dymond, Haileybury and New Liskeard are satisfying the (Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing's) order," says Haileybury Mayor Tom Wells. "We are moving full steam ahead for the next election. People who are elected will be at large so people in the whole municipality will elect them.
"The benefits of this are legion," he says, adding that much of the duplication of services that occurs between the three communities will be eliminated.
A single municipality of 10,000 people is also going to have a stronger voice than several ...