Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HILLIARD TOWNSHIP - A new two-lane bridge will be constructed to replace the single-lane Veley Road Bridge in Hilliard Township.Provincial funding for the project has been approved and it must be completed before the end of 2018, but there is also hope that it could be done earlier.A
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Sky, lake and water combine to inspire Haileybury artist Julia Van Dine.She says that she tries to capture the brilliant colours that can appear in nature."It never lasts long," she says of the shifting scenes. "It only stays for seconds and then it changes."Van Dine is
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - "It does take a village to raise a child," said Healthy Kids Community Challenge project manager Tammy Flood at the opening of the Cobalt community garden.A gathering of close to 20 people turned out for the ribbon-cutting ceremony held at the garden on Argentite Street."We know
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Northeastern Ontario is trying to take a more prominent seat at the table of an annual food fair in Ville-Marie.The sixteenth annual edition of the Foire gourmande de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue et du Nord-est ontarien runs August 18 through 20.There will be an Ontario pavilion in a
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES - Temiskaming Shores council has agreed to a strategic alliance agreement with the Rotary Club of Temiskaming Shores and Area for the development of a permanent splash pad at the New Liskeard beach park.The approval for entering an agreement was given at the Temiskaming Shores council
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART — The Englehart Special Events Board is thrilled to announce their first Bark in the Park event for dogs and their owners on Saturday, August 26, and Sunday, August 27, at the Englehart Ball field complex from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.They are hoping for a
ENGLEHART (Staff) -- The Englehart Fall Fair is fast approaching and now is the time for exhibitors to get ready to enter submissions for judging.Englehart and District Agricultural Society volunteers are busy preparing the two-day event under the direction of president Louise Robinson.Anyone wishing to obtain prize lists or entry
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Trevor Holliday has been officially named the leader of the fledgling Northern Ontario Party.The party held its first annual general meeting August 12-13 in Kettle Lakes Provincial Park in Timmins.It drew 22 people, including members’ families, said Patricia Poirier, secretary and interim chief financial officer of
By Steven LarocqueLast week I saw a guy at a grocery story I hadn’t seen in years.He was at the end of the checkout when I realized who he was.There were several people between us so I didn’t call out to him. After I got through the line I went
The latest census figures show an all-too familiar trend in this section of Northeastern Ontario.The population continued to shrink between 2011 and 2016 in the biggest centres of Temiskaming Shores and Kirkland Lake.Smaller towns and townships basically held their own.The census showed the following, with the percentage change between 2011
