Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ELK LAKE - Three groups came together in Elk Lake recently to celebrate a "fantastic" crop from the second annual Elk Lake community garden.Harvested vegetables were incorporated into several tables of prepared food at the Elk Lake community hall where a free Community Fall Feast was held September
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Inspired and inspiring leaders
Congratulations to Charlie Angus on a courageous contest for the federal New Democratic Party leadership.While finishing in second place, he has made the North proud, and drawn us in to listen to ideas that speak to a better future.There are many things that Canada and the world have to accomplish,
Fried and frazzled
Here we are in a brand new, fresh month.September came to a close with some weird weather as temperatures crashed about 20-degrees Celsius in a matter of two days.That wasn’t the only crash of consequence.Tuesday evening, September 26, I was leaving work
Crown land campers fined
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Too long a stay on Crown land cost five campers $5,000 in fines in two separate incidents.Over the past summer, conservation officers investigated complaints that people had been camping for extended periods of time on Crown land in the Lake Temagami area.Under the Public Lands Act,
Food drive restocking shelves
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – As the area prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend, the needs of others were in the forefront one week earlier.The Temiskaming Speaker Community Food Bank Drive was held September 30.Locations across the southern district accepted donations of food, personal items and cash to support food banks
Seismic surveys in the old mining camp
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter COLEMAN – The Cobalt area mining camp is getting a new look – a deep look, extending up to 40 kilometres under the earth’s surface.Seismic surveys will be conducted along Highway 567 through Coleman Township, with several days of work expected to begin later this month.The surveys won’t
ESCSM teacher receives Teach Nutrition award
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — In this day and age of fast food and fast paced lifestyles, teaching nutrition to teenagers is an important activity and a rewarding one, as an ESCSM teacher found out.Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie (ESCSM) nutrition teacher Isabelle Peddie recently received the Teach Nutrition Award from
Cultural exchanges take centre stage
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – As she wrapped copper foil around the edge of a small piece of stained glass, Jeanne Menard said she’d never tried the craft before.“But I want to. It’s on my bucket list,” the Temiskaming Shores woman said.She was instructed by Reina Leudke, who specializes in
Repairs for New Liskeard library building
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES - Temiskaming Shores council has chosen to invest in repairs for the Carnegie building which houses the New Liskeard branch of the Temiskaming Shores Public Library.Councillor Mike McArthur noted at the city council meeting that even if the city moves the library to another location, it