[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe[/caption]When I was a child, I attended a country school.The school was located one-and-a-half miles from my home, and most often I
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Letter to the Editor
Not enough known about wind powerDear Editor,Kathleen Wynne has sent the wind power developers to the unorganized and Crown lands of the North where there will be little resistance.We want to believe we can show them otherwise. We are not anti-wind. We believe we need to
Twenty Questions with Jarret Larabie
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Royal Canadian Army Cadet, Algonquin Regiment Jarret Larabie. He won the Outstanding Cadet Award five years in
ARTISTS’ INSPIRATIONS
Hélène King adjusts “Phoenix Rising,” a painting by Berdina Beaven in the style of the late First Nations artist Norval Morrisseau. It’s one of 15 works now on display at the Englehart and Area Historical Museum until August 2. Members of the Englehart Area Artists challenged themselves to create
CIBC thinking pink
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special/Staff) – The New Liskeard CIBC branch is in the pink as it raises money for breast cancer research.It’s supporting the CIBC Run for the Cure. The event is being staged October 4 at more than 60 locations across Canada, including North Bay, Sudbury and Timmins.
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Access to Algoma eased for Northern students
TIMMINS (Special) – Northern College grads now have easier access to degree programs at Algoma University.The two post-secondary institutions recently signed a joint admissions agreement.It’s intended to reduce the time, cost and barriers for students transferring to university programs.Northern College students in two- and three-year programs will
John Mills’ memories of the war years
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_8924" align="alignleft" width="300"] John Mills[/caption]HAILEYBURY -- John Mills of Haileybury, now 91, made every effort to get to the battlefields of World War
HEAT ON FOR MUSEUM FUNDRAISING
John Emrick was manning the barbecue at the fundraising yardsale and barbecue for the Englehart and Area Historical Museum recently. The event was held to raise funds to repair the lift at the museum. (Staff photo by Darlene Wroe)
First-time Fests
Music, canoes at centre stageDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="8932,8933,8930"]TEMAGAMI – Music and canoes have made waves – through sound and on the water – in Temagami.The Deepwater Music Festival and the Temagami Canoe Festival provided a double-header of music, outdoor recreation and education.The festivals complemented each
Learning to Sail
Sailing School teaches lifelong love of sailingSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="8936,8937"]TEMISKAMING SHORES — Children between the ages of 8 and 16 years enrolled in the July Temiskaming Shores Sailing School (TSSS) CANSAIL programs learn how to embrace the power of wind and experience the