A computer keyboard can be a dirt hotbed, as New Liskeard Public School students Krystina Hewett, centre, and Nicholas Bigras, learned from health inspector Gillian Jordan. Overseeing the Timiskaming Health Unit booth at the Emergency Preparedness Day in New Liskeard was a giant purple plush germ. (Staff photo by
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Teachers’ union launches work-to-rule
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter An estimated 300 local ETFO members joined their counterparts across Ontario in job action May 11.DISTRICT – Teachers at English-language public elementary schools continued instruction as usual as their union commenced province-wide job action this week.“Teachers are happy to be in their classrooms.
Time for tea
Bunker Military Museum Mother’s Day Tea visitors were whisked back in time to another era Saturday, May 9. Set amid artifacts and memorabilia from war years, with nostalgic piano tunes, guests enjoyed tea and treats made from century-old recipes. Pictured here as servers are, from left: Gary Bigelow, Ann
Shannen’s Dream to be remembered in city
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A monument in memory of a Timiskaming District Secondary School student and advocate for First Nations education may be constructed on the New Liskeard waterfront.Shannen Koostachin, a member of Attawapiskat First Nation, was graduating from elementary school when she began pressing the federal government
Hammering out agreement in Cobalt
COBALT (Staff) -- The Town of Cobalt and Cochrane-Temiskaming Pro-Native Non-Profit Housing (Co-Tem) continue to discuss concerns about the operation of the Co-Tem units and the costs the two parties share.The discussions began in December, 2013, and while some agreements have been reached, there are still outstanding issues
United Way awards $13,000 in local grants
TIMMINS (Special/Staff) – Organizations in the Temiskaming Shores area will receive $13,000 in district grants from the United Way Cochrane-Timiskaming.The charitable organization recently released the list of successful applicants.They include the Temiskaming Elder Abuse Task Force, which was awarded $4,250 to support its spring fling luncheon for
Four-legged highway pedestrians
While the provincial government continues to express concerns regarding the number of moose in the North, and moose hunt tags and the hunting season are being reduced, there seems to have been an increasing number of sightings of moose along the sides of roads.The Ontario Provincial
From the editor’s desk
Odds and EndsIt’s the week before what some optimistically call the first long weekend of the unofficial summer season.With that a community newspaper editor flips through his notebook:LAKE BREAKUPWe had a record-breaking cold month of February and a generally cold, long winter. The odds were
From Parliament Hill
Fourth Annual ReportThe following
20 Questions with Penny Bateman
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Temiskaming Art Gallery, Art, Myth and Memory Program Coordinator, Penny Bateman.[caption id="attachment_7924" align="alignleft" width="248"]