Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt council will be pursuing funding for a couple of projects to improve Teck Park.Council will be meeting for a quick half-hour session on Tuesday, October 24, at 6 p.m., just before its first meeting for the 2018 budget. At that time ideas for the park
Monthly Archives: October 2017
Kayak challenge making return voyage in ’18
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Organizers consider the inaugural Wabi River Kayak Challenge a success.“We are looking forward to implementing the lessons we learned as we plan for the second annual,” said Bill Brookfield, a member of the New Liskeard Lions’ event organizing committee.He was at the October 3 meeting of
Nastawgan Trails AGM features Bruce Trail hiker
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — If you think the Nastawgan Trails Annual General Meeting is all facts and figures, you’d be going down the wrong trail.The annual general meeting on Saturday, October 14, at the Horne Granite Club in New Liskeard features a variety of activities including two hikes, a supper,
ESCSM Intergalactic Day a far-out experience
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Staff and students at Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie (ESCSM) had an otherworldly experience recently involving blue and yellow teams of staff and students.The 6th annual Intergalactic Day, held Thursday, September 28, was a fun way for staff and students “to promote school spirit and celebrate
Med school expanding roles
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Over the past 12 years, Northern Ontario’s medical school has a catalogue of good news stories.Ninety-four per cent of its graduates who went on to do post-graduate residencies in Northern Ontario are practising in the North.One-third of those are in smaller communities like Temiskaming Shores.But
Honouring Leslie McFarlane with Order of the North
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY - In the life of people with special talent, there is always a moment, usually in their youth, when the community at large officially recognizes the great potential of that individual.It was in 1917 that a province-wide essay-writing competition, sponsored by the IODE, was won by Haileybury's
Corneil remembered as girls hockey inspiration
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – World Girls Hockey Weekend was celebrated October 7 in rinks across Canada, but the most poignant observance was perhaps right here in Temiskaming Shores.The Temiskaming Shores Minor Hockey Association (TSMHA) used the occasion to pay tribute to Alexa Corneil by retiring her number 15 Midget
Road trip puts Cubs on the right path
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – The New Liskeard Cubs found a new ingredient at the western edge of the Great North universe last weekend.A bit of confidence.The team was in Sault Ste. Marie for a pair of games October 7 and 8 against the Minor Midget Thunderbirds and the Major
Welders win two shootouts on home ice
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) - The Ebert Welding Puckhounds hosted the Lasarre Lions in their home opener of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue Hyundai Bantam BB League. The Hounds eked out a pair of thrilling
An immigrant story: 50 years later
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — It was fifty years ago this year that Tom and Theresa McGrory and their three wee children left their homeland of Scotland travelling to Northern Ontario as newly arrived immigrants. The year was 1967, Canada’s centennial year.In 2017, during Canada’s sesquicentennial year, discussions have taken