TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Two New Liskeard men face multiple charges after what police describe as many break-ins and thefts around the area.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say they responded September 30 to the first of many break-ins and thefts at commercial, municipal and private properties.After a
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Where to Shop?
The Christmas season in Temiskaming is officially underway.Already we see many of our businesses – either externally or internally – having their places of work decorated in the seasonal adornments. The week or two after Remembrance Day seems to be the time when many of our residences
How Temiskaming has a big heart
[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe[/caption]A community newspaper may seem like a collection of small and unrelated items, but for the reporters gathering the stories, a theme begins
Thank you Survivor Diaries
Dear Editor:On behalf of all the veterans who attended the ribbon cutting of the book, Survivor Diaries, on November 7, 2015, I wish to thank Lois Perry and Gordon Brock for the fine job of publishing and printing of the book. It was great to see so many
Bad manners at the cenotaph
Dear Editor:As we gathered at the cenotaph to honour and respect those who suffered and gave their lives for our freedom, there were some in the gathering that left their respect at home.Their talk was so loud, it disrupted those standing near them.In the future it
Is anything else for sale?
Dear Editor:This is an open letter from Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath to Premier Kathleen Wynne regarding asset sales.Dear Premier:Ontarians deserve to know if the Liberal government is planning to sell more of their public assets. I am writing because I am concerned that senior Liberal
Twenty Questions with Maggie MacPherson
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with PhD candidate/Wildlife Biologist and Ornithologist Maggie MacPherson. She is a former Timiskaming District Secondary School Terra program student
Tomstown quilter wins district first-place prize
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TOMSTOWN -- At the Matheson Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies district convention, a quilt created by Kathy Scott of Tomstown was awarded first-place for hand-quilting on an applique quilt.The first-place position makes her eligible to send the quilt on to the provincial convention in
The Artist’s foil
During the recently-held Culture Days activities, Carolyn Laronde of Temagami, who has been working in stained glass for the past 12 years, gave demonstrations at her studio on the technique of foiling stained-glass pieces. Copper foil, she explained, is sticky and sticks to the glass. The glass is wrapped
Suspend further Hydro One sales: MPP
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_2733" align="alignleft" width="250"] John Vanthof[/caption]DISTRICT – Temiskaming’s MPP says it’s not too late for the province to cancel plans to sell further sales of Hydro One shares.
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