Holiday wreath making workshop benefits TLC 123Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — A holiday wreath making workshop fundraiser held at TDSS on November 28 has helped to raise $1,000 for the
Monthly Archives: December 2018
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Wild Temiskaming takes flight for 2019
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor COBALT – Feed your senses, and help feed your neighbours, by dipping into the 2019 Wild Temiskaming Calendar.It’s the fourth year for the project in support of the Cobalt/Coleman/Latchford and Area Food Bank.“Last year we raised a record single year amount of $3,550 with an overall total of
MNR staging food drive December 15
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Smokey the Bear will come out of hibernation for a special occasion December 15.He'll join local Ministry of Natural Resources staff, assisted by Temiskaming paramedics and Timiskaming District Secondary students, at their Christmas food drive.The group will be collecting donations of food and cash at Walmart
18th birthday spent in Toronto ICU
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TORONTO - Progress is being made by a Cobalt teen who is fighting for recovery in Toronto after suffering a stroke due to a blood clot in her brain.Jamie Morin-Kennedy celebrated her 18th birthday in Toronto Western Hospital while she was recovering from her second brain surgery that
Fifth annual Country Christmas lights up Temagami
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI — A record number of people strolled through a winter wonderland in Temagami last weekend as the community welcomed visitors to the fifth annual Temagami Country Christmas.Held November 30 and December 1, the display featured thousands of Christmas lights set up at Peacock Woodcraft on the Milne-Sherman
Fifth annual Country Christmas lights up Temagami
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI — A record number of people strolled through a winter wonderland in Temagami last weekend as the community welcomed visitors to the fifth annual Temagami Country Christmas.Held November 30 and December 1, the display featured thousands of Christmas lights set up at Peacock Woodcraft on the Milne-Sherman
Englehart fills up with new gas station/store
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART — Englehart and area residents and people travelling along Highway 11 now have a new Esso gas station and convenience store to service their needs.The Englehart Esso Service Centre, located at 141 4th Street, is an outlet providing easy access to a convenience store and four self-service
Thornloe repeats call for highway street lights
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter THORNLOE – Thornloe isn't giving up its drive for lighting at a complex intersection on Highway 11.Villlage council has called on the Ontario Ministry of Transportation once again to install street lights at the intersection of Highway 11, Highway 562 and Garden Road east of the village.It argues
400 students make their moves at tourney
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – The ancient game of chess can teach a lot to modern students.“I believe that playing chess helps students to improve concentration, memory and calculation,” said chess coach and Ecole catholique St-Croix Haileybury teacher Luc Boucher.“It also teaches children to take responsibility for their actions by