HAILEYBURY (Staff) – Planning is underway for this year’s Art in the Park at the Haileybury Harbour Front.Each Wednesday evening during the summer months, two hours of free music will be offered to visitors to the waterfront area, along with an opportunity to see the work of local
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Twenty Questions with Emma-Lee Baiani
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_11981" align="alignleft" width="276"] Emma-Lee Baiani[/caption]This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Grade 12 Timiskaming District Secondary School Co-op student, Emma-Lee Baiani.
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Into the barrens
Canadian canoe adventures on the big screen this FridaySue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — It’s no joke.The Nastawgan Trails group will take interested people through the rugged beauty of Canada’s North as presented in a slide show called “Into the Barrens” this coming Friday, April 1 beginning
HEARTFELT FUNDRAISER
Englehart Public School Grade 2 student, John Montminy was into the Easter spirit as his class completed a bracelet-making fundraising event in memory of EPS teacher Jody Noyes who passed away last Thanksgiving to cancer. The students also sold baking and will donate the proceeds from their fundraisers to
Trashing hazardous wastes June 4
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Have you started spring cleaning?Temiskaming Shores would like you to hold on to hazardous household wastes – such as old paint and dead batteries – until June 4.That’s the date of this year’s Orange Drop.From 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., residents can bring
DRESSED FOR SUCCESS
Three-year-old Billy Hutnick-Whithead, left, and his six-year-old sister Willow donned seasonal apparel as they hunted for Easter eggs stashed at the New Liskeard library. It was just one several egg expeditions for the New Liskeard siblings on the weekend, said their father, Eric Hutnick-Whitehead. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)
“Highway design concern” Englehart River Bridge area subject of traffic concerns
EVANTUREL TOWNSHIP (Staff) -- The Englehart and Area Community Policing Committee wants to see a further reduction in speed limits for northbound traffic approaching the Englehart River Bridge, as well as improved winter maintenance.In a letter to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, sent in early March, the committee
FUELING EDUCATION
Grant Fuels and Propane is helping the region’s students attend Northern College with a $5,000 donation to the Leaders of Tomorrow campaign. The campaign’s goal is $250,000, which will sustain a foundation providing a $500 entrance scholarship each year to one student from each high school and adult learning
FONOM welcomes federal infrastructure commitment
KAPUSKASING (Special/Staff) – Infrastructure help promised in last week’s federal budget was welcome news, says the president of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities.“We’ve been calling on all levels of government to commit to addressing the infrastructure deficit across the country,” said Alan Spacek, president of the federation
Straight from the Hip
[caption id="attachment_6033" align="alignleft" width="132"] Mike McArthur[/caption]Don’t put all the blame on Chicago White Sox player Adam LaRoche for his recent decision to retire from baseball and walk away from