What better gift on Mother’s Day than a mold of a child’s hand? But in a new twist on an old craft, plaster and paint were replaced by 3D printing for junior kindergarten students at Englehart Public School. They were connected via Skype to a Grade 6 class in
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Focusing on Family and Friends
In so many places across Canada, the impact has been felt as family members and friends have witnessed from thousands of kilometres away the devastation experienced by the people of Fort McMurray.As close to 90,000 people were evacuated through burning streets to safer places, mothers, fathers,
From the Editor’s Desk
[caption id="attachment_11947" align="alignleft" width="325"] Gordon Brock Speaker Editor [/caption]News ItemsLocally, regionally and nationally, there have been news stories this past week that touch on us all. Here’s a recap:
Seeing the devastation
Temiskaming residents describe horror of Fort McMurray wildfireSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — All eyes across the country are on Fort McMurray, Alberta as that community continues to deal with a raging wildfire that has devastated the community of 80,000 people.Since it began over a week ago,
Featuring Northern artists
NOAA 59th Juried Art Exhibition comes to EnglehartSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART — Art is a product of inspiration.Northern artists from across the region were inspired to create works of art now being displayed in the Northern Ontario Art Association (NOAA) 59th Annual Juried Exhibition on display at
Long-time curator retiring from Cobalt Mining Museum
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Anne Fraboni will be retiring from the Cobalt Mining Museum after 26 years of service as the museum’s curator.Ms. Fraboni said she began working at the museum after her son went away to school and “I needed something to do.”The Cobalt
Lake Temiskaming ice free on May 3
DISTRICT (Staff) — The ice is now gone from the largest body of water in this region -- Lake Temiskaming -- and our local lake watcher concurs with the day it left the lake.The Temiskaming Speaker contacted Haileybury lakeside resident Paul Gordon for his take on when the
Historic regiment’s Colours to rest permanently at Bunker Military Museum
Gordon Brock Speaker Editor [gallery ids="12461,12463,12465"]COBALT – In a ceremony that was part militaristic, part spiritual, and part historic, the First World War Colours of the Algonquin Regiment were placed and consecrated at the Bunker Military Museum on Saturday, May 7.In an earlier previously published interview with
Joining the Journey
Walkathon chugs along in its 47th yearSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="12475,12469,12468"]TEMISKAMING SHORES – As the Walkathon approaches its fiftieth anniversary, one constant has been the mix of newcomers with veteran participants.On May 7 there was Nicole Daviau of Earlton, a participant since childhood who once again was
Straight from the Hip
[caption id="attachment_6033" align="alignleft" width="132"] Mike McArthur[/caption]Finally, after all the bellyaching, thinking there was never a light at the end of the tunnel and life just isn’t fair, the Toronto Maple