What a week!It was a golden week for Canada at the Sochi Games. Jennifer Jones’ and Brad Jacobs’ rinks defeated Sweden and Great Britain respectively to claim gold medals for Canada in Olympic curling. Jones ran the table over the course of the Games, going undefeated. Jacobs was off to
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Horne granite report
From March 7-9 the Horne Granite Centre is holding The Horne Granite Brier (Freebie). The cost to enter will be $20 a person for the supper. Teams will be playing for a trophy. The club would like 16 men’s teams and eight ladies. All teams are welcome. The Signup sheet
CANADIAN STARS
The Haileybury Figure Skating Club’s annual ice show, this year entitled Night of Stars, coincided with the final day of the Winter Olympics on February 23. Skaters and audience members sang a rousing version of O Canada to get the show underway. Kalob Lafond proudly waved the flag but needed
Creatively building a career
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter THORNLOE – Pen and ink, acrylics, watercolours and oils are the tools of Paige Lee’s trade.The Thornloe woman is endeavouring to build a career as an artist.She’s been doodling, sketching and painting “as long as I can remember,” said the 20-year-old in a recent interview.As a child, she
FAMILY FUN
From the left are members of the Rivard family from Temiskaming Shores who had big smiles after a day of sliding on their sleds during the Tri Town Ski and Snowboard Village Family Day event on Monday, February 17. They are six-year-old Kael, four-year-old Dani-Eve and two-year-old Miko with father
READY TO RACE
Temagami resident Ben Irwin was lined up ready to begin the Saturday morning Amazing Race portion of the recent Shiverfest winter carnival at the Temagami Train Station parking. (Staff photo by Sue Nielsen)
Thanking clothing bus volunteers
The Seventh Day Adventist Church clothing bus ran in the area for 20 years. December, 2013 marked the end of that long run. The church headquarters honoured the bus volunteers with pins, which were presented Saturday evening, February 15 at a Valentine’s social held at the Golden Age Club in
Unpaid bills
MPP seeking intervention in solar farm controversy Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd says city representatives have met with Canadian Solar officials over the issue of unpaid bills in the construction of the solar farm project in the city.In an email to The Speaker, Mayor Kidd
Lions, Bikers to share new pad
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Plans are in the works that will see two charitable groups share a new storage shed near the New Liskeard fairgrounds and pay fees for its use.Temiskaming Shores council was updated on a lease agreement between the city, the New Liskeard Lions and the Bikers Reunion
City opposes tax shift to metro areas only
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – If Ontario raises taxes to expand transit in Greater Toronto and Hamilton, the city wants any revenue collected outside that region invested outside that region.Temiskaming Shores council took the position February 4.It follows a recent report looking at the funding of public transit expansion in the