Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Kale salad, a vegetarian pizza and oatmeal cookies – all prepared from scratch and designed with diabetes management in mind.But what dish has turned out to be a real favourite at a new healthy cooking class?Brownies incorporating black beans, said chef after chef at a
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In full swing
The Christmas season is in high gear in South Temiskaming.The annual Christmas Unveiling took place in Englehart November 17, as did the Night of Lights in Haileybury.November 23-25 it was the New Liskeard Festival of Lights, Village Noel and the always popular Santa Claus Parade through the downtown core.All of
Making the most of winter
by Darlene WroeNew Year's resolutions don't have to wait until January 1.Having spent so much of last winter waiting for summer, and then seeing summer zip by, I have learned my lesson.I am going to do my best to enjoy this winter.When the sun shines, I am going to open
Temagami brightening the season
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – Visitors can take a nighttime stroll through the forest later this week on a Temagami trail illuminated by Christmas lights.The fourth annual Temagami Country Christmas will be staged for two nights only at Peacock Woodcraft down the Milne-Sherman Road on December 1 and 2.Visitors can sip
Free Christmas photo session on Friday
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Did you ever want to have a professional photographer take photos of your family or children but realize you can’t afford it?Temiskaming Shores photographer Justina Phippen is staging a free mini photo session to help those families in the South Temiskaming region who can’t afford
Increased stability sought for forest industry
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TORONTO - Forestry and northern representatives are facing environmentalists in a controversy that seems to pit caribou habitat against northern jobs.Forestry representatives, northern mayors, First Nations leaders and northern MPPs, including Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof, are attempting to convince the provincial government to help create more stability for
Guilty pleas to shooting trumpeter swans at marsh
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Two Englehart men received combined penalties of $5,000 after two trumpeter swans were shot in the Hilliardton Marsh in late September.One swan was killed and the other injured. It was found more than a week later and transported to the Toronto Wildlife Centre, where it
New guide to winter activities available
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – There’s a new resource for people who want to explore winter activities in the Temiskaming area, on both sides of the lake.The Building Ties Temiskaming project launched the winter fun guide during the Village Noël Témiskaming.It outlines opportunities skiing, tube sliding and snowshoeing, as well as
Draft bylaw detailing development rules
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city is plotting the rules that will govern what you can build and where you can build it.Work on a new comprehensive zoning bylaw, the first for the amalgamated municipality of Temiskaming Shores, began in June, 2016.It’s now in the final stages of review.The