Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Get your walking shoes ready and join your friends and others during this coming Thursday, May 8 annual Centre du Santé Communautaire du Témiskaming’s (CSCT) Community Lunch Hour Walk.This is the 10th year that the CSCT hosts the popular lunch hour walk
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Funding “smart and caring” communities
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – As Canada approaches its 150th birthday, there may be a new avenue to celebrate locally.The Temiskaming Foundation (TTF) is tying into a national effort that is establishing a network of “Smart and Caring” community funds.The Centennial celebrations of 1967 saw arenas
A resounding success
Festival des Folies Franco-Fun attracted large crowdsSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The Co-Presidents of the Festival des Folies Franco-Fun, Danielle Bélanger-Corbin and Ghislain Lambert described this year’s festival as “a resounding success”.The four-day festival held in Temiskaming Shores and Earlton took place from
City considering land sales
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – An apartment building and nursing home in Haileybury are hoping to acquire city property to grow.The proposed sale of municipal property was outlined to Temiskaming Shores council April15.Jarlette Health Services, which owns Temiskaming Lodge, is considering major upgrades or expansion in the next
Cobalt considering selling RV Park
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Cobalt council is considering selling the RV Park next door to the Golden Age Club on Argentite Avenue.At their regular council meeting Tuesday, April 29, the majority of council expressed concern to ensure that the sale of the RV Park would still leave
Impressive generosity
Weather can’t trip up long-running WalkathonSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_2670" align="alignleft" width="500"] These Timiskaming District Secondary School students walked together from New Liskeard to Cobalt during the annual Community Living Walkathon Saturday, May
FALCON BIRDIE
English Catholic Central School Falcons Brayden D’Arcey, left, and teammate Jonathan Acland teamed up at the recent District School Board Ontario North East badminton tournament. Hosted by New Liskeard Public School, the tourney was open to players from Grades 7 and 8. All area schools, including Kiweetin Public from
SOCCER SEASON
The next Tri-Town Soccer Club season is not too far away and thanks to a $1,000 donation from Chartrand’s Your Independent Grocer, the season will get off on the right foot. The store raised $500 through customer donations and then matched those funds. The Club then donated the money
SEEKING LACROSSE PLAYERS
The Tri-Town Lacrosse Association (TTLA) hosted a registration and information booth recently at the Horne Granite Centre. Rory Moore from the TTLA said they are looking to fill several spots in each age category, but was pleased that local women are expressing an interest in playing the sport of
Get Active back with Dymond walk/run
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The second of five Get Active in Temiskaming runs/walks for 2014 takes place on Saturday.The May 10 event gets underway at the Dymond Ball Park with the Toddler 100 metre dash at 9:30 a.m. followed by the one-kilometre (km) kids’ run or walk at