The passing of Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn at age 54 is a real tragedy and should hopefully be addressed by Major League Baseball and others because, unlike illegal drugs, for some reason chewing tobacco and snuff are treated with little to no concern.Gwynn had two operations for
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Following are the Men’s Night results for June 19 at the Haileybury Golf Club:LOW GROSS (74): Chico’s Fix It All, Kal Tire – Michel Massie, Richard StewardSECOND GROSS (74): RBC Royal Bank, Bumstead Trucking – Ron Beeson, Dave NelsonTHIRD GROSS (74): James Lathem Excavating, Assante Wealth
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Strong mandates for Vanthof in riding and Liberals across provinceGordon Brock Speaker Editor DISTRICT -- The biggest surprise in the June 12 provincial election just may be the margins of victory province-wide for Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals and in Timiskaming-Cochrane for New Democratic incumbent John Vanthof.In this riding
Vanthof increases margin to return as MPP
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – New Democrat John Vanthof is returning as Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP with an even bigger margin of victory.The incumbent was re-elected to a second term last week with 14,651 votes, or 55 per cent of all votes cast. That’s up from the 50 per
KINDLY DONATION
Brownlee Equipment of Earlton has donated $21,800 worth of in-kind donations to help construct the Carter Antila Memorial Skatepark in Temiskaming Shores that will officially open next Saturday, June 21. From the left in the donation photo in the back row are H4C Committee members Jack and Shelley Antila.
SIX STRING NATION
Six String Nation guitar owner Jowi Taylor brought his famous guitar to New Liskeard Public School (NLPS) recently. His power point presentation explained how he created the guitar from 64 different pieces and the stories behind those pieces involving Canadian history and legend. Pictured playing the guitar is NLPS
HONOURABLE TRAVEL
Stories about some of Canada’s best, brightest and most heroic will be rolling into Earlton later this week. “It’s An Honour!” is a 1,000-square-foot mobile, bilingual exhibit about exceptional Canadians who have received the Order of Canada, military decorations for bravery, and other honours. There’s even a hologram message