Dear Editor:Hi. My letter to the editor concerns my experience on the transit buses.Now don’t get me wrong but riding the bus should be a great experience, but lately I don’t want to take the bus, I’d rather get a taxi or a ride from friends.The
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Twenty Questions with Robin Potts
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Temagami First Nation Coordinator of N’dakimenan Stewardship Program and TFN Summer Camp Fund Robin Potts.1.
Spinning a yarn
Linda-Bea Chambers of Henwood Township demonstrated spinning at the New Liskeard Community Hall during the recently-held Culture Days. (Staff photo by Darlene Wroe)
Band reaching out to teens
COBALT (Staff) -- Anthem For Today will appear at the Cobalt Classic Theatre to perform a live rock concert Friday, October 30.The event will get underway at 8 p.m.The band was formed in 2011. Pip Lucas of Barrie provides lead vocals. Davey Hooper and GI Holm are
Hundreds surveyed Art in the Park
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – An estimated 980 people turned out last summer to hear live music at the Haileybury waterfront while perusing the work of local artists and artisans.The inaugural Art in the Park series ran for eight Wednesday nights at the Harbour Front Pavilion
Stress reduction, in the field and the barn
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Lowering stress levels when handling beef cattle pays off.That’s the approach taken by Curt Pate, a Montana-born rancher who has shared his techniques at workshops across Canada and the United States.“You want to get quality beef at the end,” said
Raising awareness of spina bifida in Elk Lake
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ELK LAKE – Molly Tulpin is a busy, walking, talking 14-month-old.But only four months ago, the Elk Lake area toddler underwent a seven-hour surgery on her lower spine after being diagnosed with spina bifida meningocele.“She’s 100 per cent amazing,” said her mother Shelly.
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Volunteers, take a seat
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – They deliver meals and drive seniors to appointments.Now, a new bench along the New Liskeard waterfront by Riverside Place pays tribute to volunteers with Timiskaming Home Support (THS).It is “a very small token” of appreciation for all their work, said
The beauty of beads
Local home-based businesses were displaying their products and providing explanations to the publics at the Classy Cobalt Red Hatted Ladies Young-at-Heart Ladies Fun No-Fee Event at the Golden Age Club in Cobalt Tuesday, October 6. Products displayed included tea, cosmetics, soaps, Himalayan ionic natural salt lamps, jewellry, lockets and
Early childhood educators and child care staff appreciation
DISTRICT (Staff/Special) -- The District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) will be hosting a dinner, with a guest speaker, for the district’s early childhood educators and child care centres staff at the New Liskeard Golf Club on Thursday, October 29.The event follows the 15th anniversary of