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Cubs will be busy before Santa arrives

Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – There’s still a lot of hockey to be played before the Cubs take their Christmas break.New Liskeard will be in North Bay Thursday, December 20, for a game against the undefeated Major Midget Trappers at Memorial Gardens.This weekend they’ve got two Great North Midget League

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Students and teachers graded on the ice

Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – Everybody passed the test Friday at the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena.The rink was turned over to the annual student/teacher game for skaters from Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) on December 14.“This fun ‘rivalry’ has been going on for quite a few years,” said teacher Tom

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Juniors and Seniors swap wins for high schools

Steven Larocque Speaker Editor DISTRICT – The high school basketball league continues to see mixed results with one age division winning while their counterparts drop their game.For example, the Senior Devils from Kirkland Lake District Composite School have three wins in three tries, while the Junior Boys are 0-3.APOLLOS VS. DEVILSOn December

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On a winter night

The days will start to get longer now and the holiday season is reaching its peak level with last-minute shopping, driving, visiting, meals and reunions with family and friends. Soon it will be Christmas Day.The dark evenings are punctuated with festive lights, falling snow, bright moonlight and winter stars.This is

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Evolution – of a sort

By Steven LarocqueThis was the big headline (and it was indeed big, spread over seven of the eight columns of broadsheet newspaper you needed the wingspan of an NBA centre to hold comfortably) from the Thursday, October 12, 1967 Speaker:Arrest, charge suspected marijuana pusherBeneath the awkwardly worded headline is a

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