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Village Noel heralding in the Christmas season

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter NEW LISKEARD - The colourful and lively Village Noel is fast approaching.With dates of November 23, 24, and 25, plans are well underway for the annual event which takes place at the core of New Liskeard's downtown area.Le Centre Culturel ARTEM president Rejeanne Belisle-Massie says all 31 kiosks

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Temiskaming Art Gallery celebrating life in the North

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY - There is much hustle and bustle at the Temiskaming Art Gallery as the winter season approaches.Interim gallery manager Kirsten Hill has been managing the reins of the gallery since executive director/curator Melissa Laporte has been on maternity leave.Hill, who originally hails from Johannesburg, South Africa, and

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Finding the connections between World War I veterans

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - As Remembrance Day 2017 is marked on Saturday, November 11, area residents have the good fortune of having a place where they can learn more about the lives of those who fought in wars past.The Bunker Military Museum, located at 24 Prospect Avenue in Cobalt, on

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Scarf campaign highlights Women Abuse Prevention Month

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — If a local campaign is successful, Temiskaming will be wrapped in purple.Throughout the month of November, in conjunction with Women Abuse Prevention Month, the Haileybury Pavilion Women’s Centre is asking people to support their Wrapped In Courage campaign by purchasing and wearing a purple coloured

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Striking faculty off campus

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Striking faculty members at Northern College’s Haileybury campus say they were told they couldn’t go to a weekend comedy show held on the campus.David Silver, vice-president of Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 653 and a teacher at the Haileybury campus, said college management

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Blood flow slows at Halloween clinic

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter SUDBURY – The recent blood donor clinic in Temiskaming Shores fell short of its goal by 46 units.Halloween may have slowed traffic at the clinic, said Joanne Drake, territory manager with Canadian Blood Services, in an email.The goal for day one of the clinic October 31 was 96

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Temiskaming appointee to LHIN advisory committee

NORTH BAY (Staff/Special) – A Temiskaming Shores resident will offer input on how to improve the experience of health care patients in the Northeast.Charlotte Lavictoire has been named to the North East Local Health Integration Network’s first patient and family advisory committee.Lavictoire, a retired teacher and artist whose community involvement

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