[caption id="attachment_2706" align="alignleft" width="200"] Wayne Green[/caption]There was a time when fastball ruled supreme among summer sports in Northern Ontario towns and cities, riveting the attention of local residents as hockey did during the long
Dear Editor:As a member of The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program and a Safety Ambassador for the PLAYSAFE Program, I have met kids who have lost limbs in accidents that could have been prevented. With the weather warming up, it’s a good time to teach kids about the
Dear Editor:In this world of turmoil let’s look at the brighter sideWe have our friends, our family, and God’s creation around usThe seasons spring, summer and fall each has its beauty if you recallIn the spring colorful birds return from their winter retreat with
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD -- Latchford Mayor George Lefebvre is calling for wildlife fencing along the northern sections of Highway 11 from North Bay.He wants the wildlife fencing to prevent collisions with large wildlife.Speaking at the Temiskaming Municipal Association (TMA) meeting Thursday, May 26, he noted
The sound of thundering hooves rounding a barrel during a Western Games event is, to many, an exciting sound. The Temiskaming Horse Pleasure Horse Club (TPHC) held their first Club Show of the year this past weekend, May 28-29. Navigating a sharp turn around a barrel during the Saturday
DISTRICT (Staff/Special) — Marking 70 years of married life is not an everyday occurrence and one that warrants celebration.Carl and Millie Williams of Mill Creek Road in Dack Township were fêted with a 70th anniversary celebration potluck dinner at the Good Shepherd Church in Englehart on May 14
Presenting the 2016 Festival des Folies Franco-Fun draw cheque for $1,000 to the lucky winner is Festival Coordinator Anne-Marie Loranger to Guy Labonté from the Municipality of Casey on Wednesday, May 4 at the ACFO office in downtown New Liskeard. Asked what he was going to do with his
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COLEMAN TOWNSHIP -- A fire east of Cobalt, in Coleman Township, was declared officially out on Thursday, May 26, according to Coleman Township Fire Chief Dan Laitinen.Chief Laitinen said the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) had a helicopter at the scene
HARRIS TOWNSHIP (Staff/Special) -- Brixton Metals Corporation of Vancouver and Timiskaming First Nation (TFN) have signed an exploration agreement regarding the Langis Silver Mine (Casey Mine, located in Harris Township).The two parties are also negotiating an economic benefits agreement, should an economic mineral deposit be found. The agreement
First Community Excellence Rising Star is Hannah Fedechko-ConroySue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — She is smart, beautiful, kind, caring and sings like a bird. Her early success as the 2014 Harvest Queen and at the Miss North Ontario Regional Canada pageant as well as her extraordinary fundraising
