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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Success brewing for Whiskeyjack Beer Company
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Call it a Temiskaming gold rush, best served cold.That’s a description fitting of the craft beer industry in Northern Ontario as small brewers create big opportunity with their products thanks to an increasing appetite for local food and drink.Whiskeyjack Beer Company is tapping into the
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Summer program offering more than work experience
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – There’s a new squad available to do odd jobs this summer.The young workers’ business slogan?“They can do everything for you.”Five senior elementary students from Temiskaming Shores and the Earlton area have formed a co-operative and launched “Les enfants en action.”The goal of the summer job
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