User-friendly pickleball comes to Temiskaming ShoresSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMIMING SHORES — Are you ready to play some pickleball?The City of Temiskaming Shores Leisure Services Department is promoting the new game that is played on a badminton-sized court and is a combination of tennis and ping-pong.It
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ROCK DEVIL ACTION
The Tri-Town Lacrosse Association is going strong this season on weeknights at the Haileybury arena. The Boart Bandits and Gates Chiefs recently had a spirited Pee Wee game where Tyresse Batisse (left) of Gates tried getting around defender Craig Ross to get a shot on goalie Tony Crick. Batisse
Pool-Fitness Centre fees going up
TEMISAMING SHORES (Staff) – It’s going to cost a little more to be active at the Waterfront Pool-Fitness Centre.Temiskaming Shores is raising rates for drop-in visits and regular memberships as well as classes, swimming lessons, and facility rentals.In a report to council, recreation services director Tammie Caldwell
Locker Room Chatter
MEN’s NightFollowing are the results from the Haileybury Golf Club’s Men’s Night held June 4.Low Gross (64): Precision Auto Body, The Brick, Tench MacDiarmid Insurance, Northern Sports and Marine – Don Sauve, Paul Gordon, Bert Morin, Jim McCarthySecond Gross (68): St. Cyr and Associates, Caisse Populaire
Straight from the Hip
[caption id="attachment_6033" align="alignleft" width="132"] Mike McArthur[/caption]I, like many real Canadian hockey fans, am not onside with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman for many reasons, including his continued negative stance against bringing
Sport Shorts
The beautiful gameSoccer, the beautiful game, has taken a kick of late because of corrupt guys in three-piece suits.Sport is a multi-billion dollar business with ties to political and private interests…therefore it is ripe for corruption.Most deals involving sport contracts with athletes, where and when tournaments
SHE’S A WINNER
Catherine Willett and her horse came away from the Temiskaming Pleasure Horse Club English Performance event on Saturday, May 23, with a first place ribbon in Hunter Hack, second place in Pleasure Walk/trot and a third place in Equitation. This was her first time entering this competition. (Staff photo
Open House reveals Hoist Room upgrades
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter COBALT – The Cobalt Hoist Room, located above the Father Les Costello Memorial Arena, recently hosted an open house.On May 30, visitors were able to see first hand the Hoist Room Improvement Project, funded in part by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.“The project included
Soccer teams winless at OFSAA tournaments
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – While the results didn’t show any points in the win columns, points were earned in terms of fun and experience for three local high school soccer teams.The Boys and Girls from Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie (ESCSM) as well as the Boys from Timiskaming District