Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Size and a global reputation figured into a riddle that local teens raced last week to solve.Viewers can see their efforts on the small screen when the Temiskaming Shores area race appears on the TFO show Les
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- Kids will be able to enjoy life on the high seas Friday, August 15.During this fun-packed Pirate Day at the Englehart and Area Historical Museum, children will be able to take part in a treasure hunt, a shark attack game, and even
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- The main floor of the headframe at 50 Silver Street in Cobalt is now the home of a new and pre-loved bookstore.Deborah Ranchuk, owner of White Mountain Publications, officially opened her new retail outlet on Friday, August 8.
Cobalt’s new waste management program explainedDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- An enhanced curbside recycling program is coming to Cobalt, beginning on October 2.The bins that will be used for the new program are arriving in Cobalt this week in readiness for the new garbage and curbside recycling
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The New Liskeard medical centre has a buyer.Temiskaming Shores council approved the sale of the Whitewood Avenue clinic for $225,000 to Allan Moonie and Gwen King-Moonie of Notre-Dame-du-Nord.But the sale has several conditions, including the rezoning of the property by
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – It can take 50 blood donors to help a car crash victim.That’s the message that Canadian Blood Services hopes potential donors hear.Summer usually sees the demand for blood rise, “but there are fewer donors,” said Kerns Township firefighter Mark Wilson.To restock supplies,
ELK LAKE (Staff) – Recent patrols in Elk Lake resulted in charges related to impaired driving.On July 29, Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say an officer observed a pick-up being driven aggressively at about 9:15 p.m. on Pine Street.Police stopped the vehicle.The driver, a 54-year-old James Township
The 100-mile diet was popularized as a result of a book written by a Canadian couple putting the emphasis on buying locally grown produce within 100 miles of your front door.The book chronicles one couple’s experience eating only foods grown within 100 miles of their home.
[caption id="attachment_1019" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Editor - Gordon Brock[/caption]André Maheu’s projectAs a history teacher at Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie, he felt he should be in attendance. It was November 11, 2007, and André Maheu decided that
Dear EditorA steal of a deal!I want this experience to serve as a warning to anyone who is planning to hold a yard sale.There is a vexatious villain roaming around who is dedicated to stealing your belongings while you are out busily selling used items in
