Giving back to the communityDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter CHAMBERLAIN TOWNSHIP -- Bill Dickinson’s career in municipal politics has spanned 20 years.His career on Chamberlain Township council started in 1991, at which time he ran for a position as councillor. In 1994 he stepped forward for the reeve’s
To beautify the downtown, the New Liskeard Business Improvement Area (BIA) group has installed a dozen new benches and some bike racks. Pictured with some of the new seating are BIA members, from left, Tammy Penner, Joline Rivard, Bea Demarce and Elesha Teskey. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Coleman Township has donated a tanker truck to the Town of Cobalt.The donation was acknowledged at a recent Cobalt regular council meeting.Councillor Gary Bigelow, who chairs the town’s public works committee, explained that while the tanker truck is being donated for
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Chronic understaffing of Ontario’s long-term care facilities is fueling “a barrage” of injuries, infection, bedsores, abuse and unsafe work practices.So says the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) in a new report detailing the experiences of personal support workers (PSWs) and
Turning heads at thirty years oldThrough breeding, the Holstein has changed through the years, and our Ms. Claybelt represents what the breed looked like at that time.Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- Here’s a little-known fact.Ms. Claybelt is actually a
Ariane Hearn, a Grade 4 student from École catholique Ste-Croix in Haileybury, moves into checkmate position in a game she later said took only four moves to win. Ten schools and 290 students from grades 1-12 participated in the second Conseil scolaire catholique de District des Grandes Rivières Chess
Saints advance to AA volleyball provincialsSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A spike in bad weather saw Mother Nature smash the plans of a pair of local volleyball teams last week.She couldn’t, however, bump them off the court altogether as both Timiskaming District Secondary
Apollos bounced at basketball playoffSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The Apollos capped a strong Senior Girls basketball season with an appearance in the regional finals November 13 in Timmins.Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie (ESCSM) competed Thursday at the North East Ontario Athletic Association (NEOAA) championship for
The Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club (CHCC) would like to welcome back all our returning curlers and extend our warmest welcome to the new curlers who have decided to make CHCC their home for 2014-15.Our season began with a well-attended open house on October 29 and 30.Little Rocks Begins
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) - The Pedersen Pee Wee Puckhounds finally had their home opener of the North East Ontario Hockey Association season as they hosted Kapuskasing for a pair of games Saturday, November 15, at the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena.PEDERSENS 5 KAP 2In the first game Sean
