Speaker Reporter Darlene WroeIt happens to many of us. A spouse dies. According to statistics, often it is the husband who dies first. So it’s most often the woman who is left behind. Somehow, it seems, it is happening earlier and earlier in our lives. That’s scary.
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Letter to the editor
Englehart food bank says thanksDear Editor:Another successful food drive was held by the M.N.R. with 345 items and almost $200 for the Englehart Food Bank.Donations like this keep the food bank able to supply the clients with food each week.Donations from the Food Forever fund
Letter of the week
Not so Happy Canada Day for a million CanadiansDear EditorOn this Canada Day, July 1, 2014 over one million Canadians will become second- class citizens.There is nothing to celebrate regarding the FATCA IGA that the Canadian government signed and stealthily rammed through parliament, and nothing to
Area coordination needed
Low turnout for Kap-Kig-Iwan toursDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_3428" align="alignleft" width="500"] Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park offers a variety of surfaces for biking and Saturday, June 14, mountain bikes were taken out
ESCSM Honour Roll
NEW LISKEARD (Staff/special) – Here is the Honour Roll for the second semester of the 2013-14 school year at Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie.[caption id="attachment_3438" align="alignleft" width="500"] ESCSM Ontario ScholarsHere are the
Army Cadets mark 65 years locally
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) -- The 2344 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps held their 65th annual review Saturday, June 13 at the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena in New Liskeard.As the official sponsors, members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 54 in Haileybury were among those present to witness the
The business of artistic collaboration
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Recruiting business to support the arts has fed a food fair and heralded the upcoming Village du Noël.A provincial initiative that matched some funds from first-time business donors to local arts events was offered to Temiskaming Shores for the first time in
TDSS band makes California Dreamin’ a reality
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special/Staff) – It was California or bust for the Timiskaming District Secondary School’s senior concert band.Despite flight delays and bus mishaps, the 27 musicians, conductor and chaperones packed a lot of music and sightseeing into a weeklong trip in May.They left at midnight, May 12,
Household recycling bins on the way
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Curbside recycling in Temiskaming Shores and Cobalt will be contained with the help of a company based in Los Angeles.Temiskaming Shores council has approved the purchase of new household bins in preparation for the launch of the new curbside, residential pickup in September.The
Best of the Year in School Sports
[caption id="attachment_3447" align="alignleft" width="500"] TDSS HONOURSAthletic Honours Awards were presented to three student athletes at Timiskaming District Secondary School who exceeded 25 athletic points. From the left are David Elford, Laura Walker and