Every individual has something worthwhile to say about living in the area.That's why it's good to provide an opportunity for members of the public to comment on what is going on in their lives, and how it could be better, or what help they could use.The area is lucky because
Monthly Archives: October 2017
How I spent my summer holidays
There are benefits to holidays after Labour Day.Foremost among them is the absence of pesky rug rats who are back in school.A September vacation also extends that summer vibe.But it’s also a melancholy time.Shortening days remind me that winter is coming. Canada geese are everywhere. I translate their honking as
Candidate nomination requirements changing
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – With the next municipal election just a year away, some final changes to the nomination process for candidates have yet to be announced.But an Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs representative says the province has heeded concerns that a 25-signature requirement endorsing a nomination could pose “an
Walking to End Polio event October 24
ENGLEHART (Staff/Special) -- The Rotary Club of Englehart is joining other Rotary Clubs to raise awareness about the crippling childhood disease of polio.A fundraising walk is being held in Englehart on Tuesday, October 24 in honour of World Polio Day.The Walking to End Polio Now event will take place at
EAA 6th annual Juried Exhibition unveiled
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART — “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life,” said Pablo Picasso.The dust of a northern soul may indeed be cleansed by viewing the Englehart Area Artist’s 6th annual Juried Exhibtion featuring 40 creative works of art currently on display at the Englehart and
New lawn tractors stolen
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Police are asking for the public’s help as they investigate the theft of three new John Deere lawn tractors from an Armstrong Township dealership.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say the three lawn tractors were stolen from the Green Tractors Earlton property between October 4 and October 6.All
Operation Impact results in 129 charges
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – During an enforcement blitz on Thanksgiving weekend, Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police laid a total of 129 charges.Police noted that two drivers were charged with speeding at 141 kilometres/hour and 140 km/h respectively in a 90 km/h zone.A driver and passenger were charged with possession of a
Terry Fox remembered at NLPS
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It’s about 950 kilometres from New Liskeard to Thunder Bay, where cancer’s return abruptly stopped Terry Fox’s run across Canada.All that happened in 1981, long before students – and some staff – at New Liskeard Public were born.But the school set a collective goal to
Expanded program building foundation for employment
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – People sometimes need a little help to be successful in the workforce, said Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Anthony Rota.Thanks to new funding for the Temiskaming Native Women’s Support Group (TNWSG), “we’re making another step in that direction,” said the Liberal MP at the organization’s New Liskeard centre
TDSS hosts successful Cross-Country Meet
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter COLEMAN TOWNSHIP — There are no benches in cross-country running and the roads are not paved.It takes a special kind of athletic skill to run cross-country and the 947 participants taking part in the 2017 Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) Temiskaming Nordic Ski Club (TNSC) Cross-Country Invitational tested