Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for: Kirkland Lake – Englehart New Liskeard – TemagamiConditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain.Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and early evening in association with a frontal passage.
Monthly Archives: August 2017
Move Over on Civic weekend
DISTRICT (Staff) – OPP officers are conducting a long weekend Move Over Campaign.For the second consecutive year, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reporting one of the highest numbers of charges laid in recent history against drivers who failed to slow down and/or move over for emergency vehicles.In 2016, the
Severe thunderstorm watch August 4:
Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for: New Liskeard – TemagamiConditions are favourable for the development of dangerous thunderstorms that may be capable of producing damaging wind gusts, damaging hail and torrential rain.There is the potential for severe thunderstorms to develop this afternoon and this evening.Very large hail can damage property,
Weekender – August 4, 2017
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ALL ABOUT THAT BASE
During Rural Youth Mixed Slo-Pitch League T-Ball division action, it was all about that base as Adrien Perry-Martin finds himself guarding both the safety and regular first base in a game between The Brick and Temiskaming First Nation at the Dymond B field. The season will wrap-up August 13 with
DSM Eckert at “Home of Canada’s Finest”
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter CANADIAN FORCES BASE BORDEN - From the time she was 13, Sarah Eckert has been drawn by the idea of taking part in expeditions.She had a taste of her dream last summer with one such excursion to the Atlantic Ocean.The 18-year-old Coleman Township teenager is still keeping her
Soccer team gets summer school
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – The next high school soccer season is many months away, but it always pays to plan ahead.The Ecole secondaire catholique Ste-Marie
EHS athletes get top 10 finishes at provincials
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor ENGLEHART – The Spartans will be running over new grounds next school year.Englehart High School (EHS) is getting its old
Colony draws artists to Cobalt
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter COBALT – As a mother with young children, Jamie Cowie says it’s sometimes difficult to focus on her creative pursuits.But the five-day Cobalt Artists’ Colony offered “time to create, without the chaos at home,” said the Swastika artist.After attending her first colony, “I want to come back every
Temiskaming woman’s story basis of new novel
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – What was life like for a girl growing up in the logging camps of Temiskaming in the 1920s and ’30s?That’s the story of Easter Water, a book by first-time author Sara Burke, who grew up outside New Liskeard and now lives in Ottawa.While it’s historical