Final Bikers Reunion is this coming July says lead organizerSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This was a committee decision. It was a tough, tough decision to make and it didn’t just happen overnight. We’ve been planning on an exit plan for three years and you have to
Kyan Plante, four, and Paco, his pet green-cheeked conure, are inseparable – so much so that when Kyan plays outdoors in the yard or on the swings, the bird never leaves his shoulder. The 14-month-old rescue bird has been in Kyan’s New Liskeard home for the past five months,
TMA expressing concern about provincial energy directionDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- At several venues wherever municipal representatives have been meeting in the past couple of weeks, there have been repeated concerns expressed about rising costs in the North, and the impacts on municipalities and on property
DISTRICT (Special/Staff) – Do you have an idea to expand agriculture, food processing and aquaculture in Northern Ontario?The province wants to hear from you.It’s developing a strategy that it says will help drive policies, programs and investments in Northern Ontario over the next 20 years.The Ontario
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – From triple-a to automotive batteries, tins of paint to four-litre jugs of oil, nothing was too big or too small for the annual Orange Drop event on June 4.“(We) had a great turnout,” said Steve Tebworth of Drain-All, the Ottawa-area company
ENGLEHART (Staff) -- Ontario Northland will be holding its first spike-driving competition in Englehart on Saturday, June 11.The fun-filled event is being organized to celebrate the development of Northern Ontario through railroadings and to relive some of the recreational pursuits of railroad workers and their families over
June NotesThere was much in the way of tributes and commentary over the weekend on the death of Muhammad Ali.A constant theme of the eulogies was people didn’t have to be boxing fans or , even follow or care about sports at all, to be familiar with
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART – What’s a “whicker?”In the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, it’s defined as a horse’s “soft breathy whinny.”Add “Dale” – Carla Aultman’s middle name – and you’ve got the name of the area’s newest riding and boarding enterprise.Whickerdale Stables officially opened earlier this
The first annual concern of the Silver Links took place at St. Patrick School on Thursday, May 26. The intergenerational choir, made up of St. Patrick School students and area seniors, was conducted by Anne McCrank and accompanied by Emma Laughlin. Other guest performers included Tina Sartoretto, Albert Seed,
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter SOUTH TEMISKAMING -- Summer activities are lining up, and many are related to passions that groups of people have.One is old and rare vehicles.The Northern Ontario Chapter of the Road Legends Cruisers is headed up by Rejean Perron of Evanturel Township.There will
