Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter DISTRICT – There is a steadily growing need at area schools for assistance in ensuring students have enough food to see them …
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Apollos three-peat as NEOAA champs, off to OFSAA soccer
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The Ste-Marie Apollos Girls soccer team is heading back to the provincial championships. Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie (ESCSM) took the top …
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Local athletes heading to OFSAA Track and Field
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Local athletes from the three area high schools came away with a good showing at the North Eastern Ontario Athletic Association (NEOAA) …
Cornhole league starting in Temiskaming Shores
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — A new cornhole league is starting up in Temiskaming Shores, with games being played at Northern College in Haileybury. What is …
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Celebrating the life and work of Muriel Newton-White
Darlene Wroe Local Journalism Initiative Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The Temiskaming Art Gallery is now showing a retrospective exhibition of the works of Muriel Newton-White. The prolific artist …
Spring Pulse Poetry Festival this weekend
COBALT (Staff) – Once again, David Brydges of Cobalt has organized and is presenting the Spring Pulse Poetry Festival in Cobalt June 5 to 8. Poets will be …
Fire bans
A municipal fire ban is still in effect for the town of Cobalt until further notice. The municipalities of Temiskaming Shores and Harris Township have lifted their bans, but continue … Continue reading Fire bans
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Editorial cartoon June 5
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A quiet moment 80 years ago
As midnight strikes to bring in June 6 it marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day. It was 80 years ago when thousands of young men faced their greatest …
Odds and ends
By Steven Larocque The old TV show Dexter has clever opening credits that start with a close-up of a mosquito on the title character’s arm about to suck up …