TIMMINS (Special) – Northern College has exceeded its target for an endowment fund that it anticipates will cover entrance scholarships in perpetuity.The college recently announced that it surpassed its $250,000 goal for the Leaders of Tomorrow Campaign by $3,500.The campaign was officially launched last spring to raise
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Showing their colours on Orange Day
Editor’s Note: Hailey McCue is a Timiskaming First Nations resident and currently a grade 12 student at Timiskaming District Secondary School. She is taking a Co-op placement with The Temiskaming Speaker. After graduation this school year she plans to pursue a career in journalism.by Hailey McCue
Still growing after 60 years
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="14206,14204,14203"]ENGLEHART -- To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Englehart and District Horticultural Society, the Jaded Gardener competition was held this year.Jade plants were presented to competitors one year ago, and they were given the task of further growing the little succulents in
Creative Longevity
NOAA 60th Juried Art Exhibition opens at TAGSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_14208" align="alignleft" width="500"] Englehart Area Artist Lionel Venne stands beside his mixed-media collage titled Floating.
At The Marsh
Big year expected for boreal owlsDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_14211" align="alignleft" width="500"] Nicole Richardson, assistant bander at the Hilliardton Marsh Research and Education Centre, is pictured here holding
Fall food drive wraps up
[caption id="attachment_14215" align="alignleft" width="500"] In Haileybury, volunteers went door to door for food bank donations October 1. Among the crew were, from left, Jean-Luc Lacroix, Don Sauve, Gracia
Library work
Construction has been taking place at the New Liskeard Public Library where workers from the Rivard Brothers were on the job. Temiskaming Shores Council authorized $200,000 of improvements to the New Liskeard Library including a roof replacement, repairs to its stone masonry, and stabilization of the decorative parapet wall