COBALT (Staff) -- The eighth annual Spring Pulse Poetry Festival is already underway and residents of area seniors’ homes as well as the patients of the Temiskaming Hospital have already been enjoying the musical sounds and words of poets.Some area schools are also being introduced to poetry again
Monthly Archives: May 2015
TSR Film Festival this weekend
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — If you enjoy both hilarity and riveting drama in film making, then this weekend’s Temiskaming Screening Room (TSR) Film Festival is for you.TSR Coordinator Drew Gauley has an exciting lineup of films on tap Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24
TDSS band hits golden note
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special/Staff) – Timiskaming District Secondary School’s senior concert musicians turned in a golden performance at a national competition.The senior concert band earned the recognition at the forty-third annual MusicFest Canada, held in Toronto last week.“The students performed beautifully and represented our school and area in a
Gordon Carter
Desire to fly spurred RCAF enlistmentDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – “I just wanted to fly.”A dream to be a pilot spurred a 19-year-old Gordon Carter to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in December of 1940.Lack of university studies ruled out
Tom Saville
First Nation veteran’s war years a story of patriotismSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_8012" align="alignleft" width="205"] This is a
FEEDING THE HUNGRY
Shopping is hard work, and the Hudson Lions were ready to feed the hungry at the township fire department’s annual yard sale. Helping serve breakfast were, from left, Tom Demarell, president Gwen Welch and Laurie Taillon. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)
Returning a new record
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Tax season is over, and the numbers are in.Volunteers helped a record-setting 1,070 residents in the Temiskaming Shores area file their returns in 2015.Through the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program, trained volunteers complete the tax documents for residents with modest incomes and straightforward
Blood donor clinic June 30
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Blood donors should mark June 30 on their calendars.That’s when Canadian Blood Services will next be in Temiskaming Shores for a blood donor clinic.It’ll be held at Riverside Place in New Liskeard from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30. p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7
City buying new sanders
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – As spring arrives, the city has winter ‘16 in mind.Temiskaming Shores council has approved the purchase of two single-axle sanders from Freightliner-North Bay at a cost of $395,450.It was the lowest of three bids, with the others tallying $433,300 and $463,800.In a
Cobalt considering media policy
COBALT (Staff) -- The Town of Cobalt is proposing the implementation of a media communications policy.The three-and-a-half page document, titled Schedule ‘A’ to By-Law No. 2015-011, states, “While social media provides a novel means by which people interact, it also carries significant risks.”The document states, “Employees,