Community Cancer Care program works from endowment interestSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — The Temiskaming based Community Cancer Care (CCC) program is the beneficiary of over one million dollars in total funding from the past twelve years of the July long weekend Bikers Reunion directed back into
Monthly Archives: August 2015
Medical care, up close and on a monitor
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – For more than a decade, some local patients have been able to consult distant specialists without leaving Temiskaming Hospital.The hospital has been part of the Ontario Telemedicine Network since 2002.The network uses live, two-way videoconferencing to enable patients to be
Heinz Dittmann
A German soldier’s memoriesDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LORRAIN TOWNSHIP -- Heinz Dittmann, 89, is always smiling, says his wife Gerda.He has had a successful life in Canada, and lives comfortably on the beautiful shore of Lake Temiskaming in Lorrain Township with children and grandchildren
Cobalt Train Station shines again
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="9183,9184,9182,9181"]COBALT -- The Cobalt Train Station has undergone a transformation.The building now features gleaming floors of crushed quartz, dark oak beams, ceilings and door frames.The pride of its earliest years has now been returned to the building, which was a key part
Straight from the Hip
[caption id="attachment_6033" align="alignleft" width="132"] Mike McArthur[/caption]The 2015-2016 New Liskeard Cubs season is just around the corner and already have their coaching staff, captains and assistant captains in place and signed
Sports Digest
GATE’S GALASThe Rural Youth Mixed Slo-Pitch League wraps-up the season with its Gate’s Galas tournaments for the 8-10 and 11-13 age divisions. They play Thursday, August 13, to Sunday, August 16, on the fields in Harley, Dymond, Rotary Farr Park in Haileybury and the Algonquin Regiment Memorial
Mosher Run draws 21 to race ’round the lake
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_9198" align="alignleft" width="145"] Michael Michaud from Stittsville led all participants in the Mosher Brothers Run August 1 with a
Locker Room Chatter
Following are the results from the Haileybury Golf Club’s Men’s Night held August 6.Low Gross (64): Chico’s Fix It All, Head To Toe, St. Cyr and Associates, Active 1 Source for Sports – Rick Walsh, JP Rivet, George Dunning, Hugo Rivet.Second Gross (64): Scotiabank, Kal Tire, Bumstead
Waterfowl weekend aimed at young hunters
DISTRICT (Special) - The Tri-Town chapter of Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) will be hosting a weekend for local youth interested in learning more about the sport of waterfowl hunting September 12-13.The deadline for applications, however, is Sunday, August 16, at 9 p.m.This annual event
Sport Shorts
GATE’S GALAThe finales for the Gate’s Gala Mixed Rural Youth Mixed Slo-pitch season are in full swing.Alex Regele and Gate’s Gosselin oversee the league that has upwards of 400 children playing slo-pitch in and around the Temiskaming region.The backbone of any organization is the people who