Poet Marsha Barber of Toronto (left) returned to the South Temiskaming area again this year to bring poetry to the classroom in area schools. She was at Timiskaming District Secondary School on Thursday, May 21. Pictured here with her are students (from left): Joshua Levéille, Jerod Cecchini and Patrick
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TSACC announces Business of the Year Award
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The Temiskaming Shores & Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the last of their seven annual Business Awards for 2015.The Business of the Year Award recipient is Alvin Caldwell Sand & Gravel, recognized for a passion for excellence and the advancement
Many hands in Light’s work
COBALT/HAILEYBURY (Staff) -- The Reach Out and Care Missionary Movement, sponsored by the Haileybury Seventh Day Adventist Church, is presenting children’s programs and community services July 20 to 26 for Cobalt, North Cobalt and Haileybury residents.The children’s programs will take place in the mornings, and will include stories,
In time of need
RCAF veteran Len Guppy’s war years 1939-1945Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="8109,8111"]POWASSAN — In the summer of 1939, the furthest thing from Leonard (Len) Guppy’s mind was war.As a young man he was working with friends at Camp Whitebear on Lake Temagami making good money.At the
Sport Shorts
Dave Morin Senior[caption id="attachment_2760" align="alignleft" width="125"] Sue NielsenReporter[/caption]Oprah Winfrey said when you make loving others the story of your life, there’s never a final chapter because the legacy continues.
Straight from the Hip
[caption id="attachment_6033" align="alignleft" width="132"] Mike McArthur[/caption]I remember back in the ’60s when the owner of the Chicago Blackhawks, Bill Wirtz, offered then owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs Harold
OPEN JUMPER
Maria McLean and her horse were working well together during a series of jumps in the Temiskaming Pleasure Horse Club’s English Performance event on Saturday, May 23, in the Senior Division. (Staff photo by Sue Nielsen)
BRANCH 104 WINNERS
On May 19 the Royal Canadian Legion Englehart Branch 104 Track and Field Meet was held in Englehart. Schools attending were Holy Family, Englehart Public School and Ecole catholique Assomption from Earlton. The overall divisional winners were, from the left, Alex McDonald, Braedon Dorrell, Courtney Stevenson, Jake Davis and
Sports Digest
NEOAA SOCCERTimiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) will host the North Eastern Ontario Athletic Association Boys’ and Girls’ soccer playoffs Thursday, May 28, for Double A schools. Single A schools will be in the Timmins region the same day.LEGION ZONE TRACKThe Mary Vandervliet Graydon Track at TDSS