[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe[/caption]The trail was hard-packed with many footprints, some human and some not.Trees creaked as their tall trunks waved leafless in the cold winter air.
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Letter of the Week
Food for thoughtDear Editor:The sharing and giving spirit was not awakened in our community only by the Christmas Season. It was wide awake throughout 2015.Although this year, 2015, there was a substantial increase in clients at our Food Bank the sharing and caring ensured no client
Twenty Questions with Stéphanie Lamothe
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with New Liskeard Business Improvement Association (BIA) Coordinator Stéphanie Lamothe.1. What is your full name?Stéphanie Lynn
Classic Theatre spotlighting entertainment from far and near
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- The winter season at the Classic Theatre in Cobalt is getting off on the right foot with the Ballet Jörgen performing Friday, January 15.Fantastical costumes and sets will be featured in this surreal and exciting performance.British
Ballet Jörgen performing excerpts from Bouffania
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Ballet Jörgen will be coming to the Classic Theatre in Cobalt this Friday, January 15.Best known for their Nutcracker performance, Ballet Jörgen will be presenting an adapted show at the Classic Theatre with all 18 of its dancers participating.Classic Theatre general
TAG beginning year with collaborative exhibition
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- Local artist Bruce Cull is one of the top prize-winners in a juried art exhibition featuring artists from both Northeastern Ontario and Northwestern Quebec.The exhibition will be opening at the Temiskaming Art Gallery (TAG) on January 18 and continue until February
Three-vehicle crash under investigation
TEMAGAMI (Staff/Special) – An Ontario Provincial Police officer was sent to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a police cruiser was struck head-on.The injuries were suffered during a three-vehicle collision on Highway 11 near Temagami Tuesday, January 12.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police report the crash occurred shortly before
RESERVED SEATING
January 2 was just the second icy outing for four-year-old Shay Duguay of New Liskeard. She was accompanied around the Haileybury arena at a public skating session by mom Brie Ann Duguay and Anna Sawicki, at left. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)
Attention Readers
DISTRICT (Staff) – On the evening of Thursday, January 7, around 10:10 p.m. a large flash was reported in the sky -- which, according to reports, affected satellite receivers.If any of our readers experienced this we would like to hear from them by calling (705) 647-6791, extension
Jails are “chronically short-staffed,” says MPP
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- Strong concerns are being raised regarding regional jails and staffing.New Democratic Party (NDP) Corrections Critic MPP Jennifer French has been touring the province’s jails, and Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof joined her for the tour of the North Bay Jail Tuesday, January 5,