Airport part of regional infrastructure, says managerDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP -- The future of the Earlton-Timiskaming Regional Airport is a topic that is on the minds of area municipal representatives.Whether a funding strategy can be arrived at which will ensure the smooth operation of the
Construction of campus housing to startDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -– Construction of a 64-student residence on Northern College’s Haileybury campus is expected to begin within the next month.A ceremonial groundbreaking was held earlier this week in what college president Fred Gibbons considered an important
Add a few drops of food colouring to a little cooking oil, pour the mixture into a jar of warm water, and voilà. The colourful solution caught the eye of, from right, five-year-old Samuel Boucher, eight-year-old Katie Lacarte and library clerk Alison McCorkle. The Haileybury library was recently transformed
Volunteers were once again behind the food counter at Sutton Bay Park’s Countryfest, with proceeds to Temiskaming Hospital’s CAT Scan Foundation. Among the crew were, clockwise from lower left, Kennedy Graydon, Ashley Brown-LaCarte, Peter Graydon, Dale LaCarte and Megan Brown-LaCarte. The Countryfest canteen is one of only two fundraisers
Former Kapuskasing Times publisher and Temiskaming Speaker columnist Wayne Green has written a book about his newspaper days called “The Last Newspaperman.” He donated a copy to the Haileybury branch of the Temiskaming Shores Library on July 17. Accepting the book from Mr. Green was library chief executive officer/head
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COLEMAN TOWNSHIP -- Fourteen young Canadians from across Canada will be travelling to England, France and Belgium in August to learn more about World War I and Canada’s role in that event, and the effect that war had on Canada.Among that group of high
Downtown shoppers in New Liskeard enjoyed live music July 25, courtesy of Ian DeJoseph, far left, Steve Teal and Julie Preston, at right. The New Liskeard Business Improvement Area had hoped to offer live tunes and artists in action on Friday nights throughout the month, but arranging schedules for
The Temiskaming Foundation, as part of their For Kids Sake Fund, has granted $500 for a bike rack located at the Carter Antila Memorial Skatepark. From the left showing the bike rack at the skatepark on Wednesday, July 16 are Harder 4 Carter Committee members Shelley Antila and Shirley
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – Twenty-four years after the closure of Sherman Mine, water leaving the site has been found to meet provincial standards.But testing is stepping up this summer that will look at water, sediments, and potential problem areas at the former iron ore mine.It
KIRKLAND LAKE (Special) – A fire that required provincial help to extinguish has left a Charlton man with a bill for more than $3,000.The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reports that a fine and bill for firefighting costs related to a 2013 fire were levied earlier
