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Our summer fad
Hunting the wild PokémonDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Lois Weston-Bernstein was intrigued when she saw the same vehicle circling the chamber of commerce parking lot half a dozen times one day last week.“People are in our parking lot catching Poké balls,”-- Lois Weston-BernsteinIt turns out
Mud, struts and glory
Stan Martin Memorial offers good, dirty funDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="13314,13312"]CHARLTON – How much mud was there at the twenty-third annual Stan Martin Memorial Mud Bog?Almost too much.“We were pumping out since yesterday afternoon,” said Nicole Loach, an event organizer, a couple of
A unique and inspiring setting drawing artists
Darlene Wroe 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
TO AIR IS HUMAN
Roy Smith, left, helped Dave McInall prepare a remote-controlled air cadet tow plane for flight at TARMAC’s annual Fun Fly on the weekend. TARMAC – the Temiskaming and Region Model Aircraft Club – was chartered in 1982 and operates an airfield on Hwy. 569. Anyone interested in the world
The next steps
Lawyers preparing draft for airport authorityDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP -- Lawyers George Kemp and Paul Crombeen are working to prepare a draft outline for the establishment of a new airport authority, according to Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd.Area municipalities have agreed to work together for
EHS grad scores lottery win
TORONTO (Special) – An Englehart High School graduate now has the cash in hand for college and a business start-up.Brooke Peddie of Englehart is a recent winner of the Instant Cash for Life game.She opted for a lump sum payment of $675,000 in lieu of the $1,000
Elk Lake Civic a spirited 70
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ELK LAKE – Slo-pitch, fastball, swim races, a parade and a dance – not bad for a 70-year-old.The seventieth edition of the Elk Lake Civic Holiday Weekend celebrations is set for July 27 through August 1.“There aren’t too many communities out there that
Lessons from “an ecoguy”
Former environmental commissioner sees hopeDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – A “dead” lake. Acid rain. Mercury bioaccumulation.“We have tackled really serious environmental issues in the past. We’ve learned a lot more about how the world works, how the ecosystem works,” says Gord Miller.While many get depressed
Students produce anthology of writing
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- Future writers, teachers, and more are reaping the benefits of creative writing classes through the Writer’s Craft program at Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie (ESCSM).An anthology of creative writing - poems, stories, fact and fiction - was compiled by Alex Bain’s Grade