HOT SLIDEIt was a beautiful, sunny day on Saturday for the two-day 2018 Casey Township Firefighters Baseball Tournament held June 8-9. Ten teams from across the region participated. On this play a player with the Ontario Provincial Police team tries to get on second base at
Monthly Archives: June 2018
Annual slo-pitch derby takes a swing at cancer
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – Knock Cancer Out of the Park is pitching its annual tournament for slo-pitch players looking to have some summer fun for a good cause.
MADD takes to the trail on Saturday
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – Stretch your legs with a friendly stroll and help MADD Timiskaming and Area get their message out to the public.Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is
Couple of Spartans rank in the top 20
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TORONTO – OFSAA track is one of the few high school sports competitions where school size doesn’t matter.Whether you’re from an A- or AAA-level school, everyone competes against each at the provincial meet.That makes top 20 finishes by a pair of Englehart High School (EHS) athletes all the
Official opposition status for NDP
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES - Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof has been returned to Queen's Park for another term.Results put him well ahead of the other local candidates in the June 7 election.The New Democratic Party (NDP) representative has been serving the district since 2011.With this election's results, he will now
NOP’s Poirier pleased with first run for office
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART – Shawn Poirier didn’t expect to win in his first run for political office.The North Cobalt resident was one of ten candidates fielded by the Northern Ontario Party (NOP), and none won a seat.“We kind of knew that this election we may not get in, but at
Former councillor appointed to Temagami council
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – A familiar face is back at Temagami council.Debby Burrows, whose resignation from council earlier this year created the vacancy, has been appointed to fill the councillor spot.Her appointment followed council’s inability last month to choose a new councillor from among five applicants. It also came after
Haileybury woman receives entrepreneur award
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — She was raised in a business environment and that is where she functions best.Her steely determination, twinkle in her eye and endless energy have earned Haileybury businesswoman Nicole Guertin the 2018 Entrepreneur of the Year Award at
Union Gas replacing Haileybury area pipeline
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Work is expected to continue until early July on a natural gas pipeline in the Haileybury area.Union Gas is replacing approximately 690 metres of an existing four-inch diameter pipeline that feeds distribution systems in Haileybury and Cobalt, said Andrea Stass, the company’s supervisor of external
OPP find body of missing Cobalter
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor COBALT – The Temiskaming detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) announced June 7 that Cynthia Caron of Cobalt, 54, was found deceased in Cobalt.