Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Temiskaming Hospital will be reviewing its options as it faces a vacancy in the chief executive officer’s post, says the chair of the hospital board.Appointing a new CEO-president or investigating integration with other agencies are among the possible approaches, said board chair Bruce Hawkins earlier
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Stan Martin Memorial a big bog success
Stan Martin Memorial a big bog successSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter CHARLTON— It was a filthy good time for the people who came to the 24th annual Stan Martin Memorial Mud Bog, held at the Charlton Fair Grounds July 22-23, hosted by the Swamp Rats 4X4 Club.The mud may have been cold, but
Repairs, upgrades in when school’s out
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Students may not be in school, but construction workers are.Summer is the optimum time to make repairs and upgrades, said Carole Horton, building services manager at District School Board Ontario North East (ONE).“It’s the only time, really. We try to do some stuff throughout the
Hospital returning to 10-member board
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Temiskaming Hospital is restoring its board to ten directors and it’s looking for two new members.In 2016, the board shrunk to eight members, but found the workload was too great, said hospital CEO Margaret Beatty.The change was approved at the hospital’s annual meeting June 27.At
Lions celebrate ’16-17 and look forward to new season
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – The New Liskeard Midget A Lions recently came together for a fun golf outing and to reward players for their contributions to the 2016-17 hockey squad.“I felt our team was extremely competitive last season,” said manager Al Roy.The campaign was “highlighted by twice beating Val
Sport Shorts
Track StarSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter Last week I read a sports story about Canadian sprinter Crystal Emmanuel who broke one of track and field’s oldest Canadian records in the 200-metre (m) distance with a time of 22.50 seconds in Ireland.Marita Payne-Wiggins held the previous record of 22.62 seconds.Her son is National Basketball
WHEN IT RAINS…
Ups and Downs
Thumbs up to the weather.It seems it’s been a long time coming, but summer finally arrived around the middle of this month.The ice is back in at the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena where figure skating’s Summer School is in session and the New Liskeard Cubs are just a few
Stuff and nonsense
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter Acquisitions and divestment.In my case, they have nothing to do with high finance, junior mining companies searching for cobalt, or the buckwheat futures market.They’re just fancy words describing my approach to stuff.I’ve acquired stuff and will acquire more in the future.But I’m also a big fan of divestment