DISTRICT (Special) – Students from Haileybury to Hearst took part in a chess tournament in Kapuskasing April 2 that was open to all schools from the Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes Rivières (CSCDGR).There were a total of 314 players, 31 coming from Haileybury’s Ecole catholique Ste-Croix,
About walkers, runners and strollers took to the streets of New Liskeard for an Easter weekend run. The event was organized by 2013 Harvest Queen Micah Ton as she prepared to head to the Miss North Ontario regional pageant. In the 5-kilometre event, the men’s winner was Jordan Desjardins,
I Had a DreamWhen Pierre de Coubertin said, “I had a dream” he created the International Olympic Committee (1894).He dreamt of changing the world of sport through the ideals of peace and brotherhood.For the most part his dream has been successful in bringing people
WALKATHONThe 45th annual Walkathon for Community Living Temiskaming South takes place Saturday, May 3. There’s the smaller Little Foot Walk – a five-kilometre (km) route from English Catholic Central School (where everyone registers on the morning of the event) that takes participants from the school to Sunnyside Road
As the National Hockey League playoffs continue, criticism will always sneak its head into the mix whether on a referee’s call, a light or major suspension or anything that will give us something to talk about over a coffee or whatever.But the comment from HNIC’s Ron
Silver FM radio proposal deniedCOBALT/TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) --SilverFM proponent Lee Marshall issued a press release, that his application to operate a radio station based out of Cobalt has been denied.The statement of Canada Radio-television and Telecommunications Canada (CRTC) was recently received by Mr. Marshall.
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Spring has arrived and you won’t find any one more excited about the nice weather than bike riders. These energetic bike riding youth were riding around the New Liskeard beach area last Sunday doing tricks on their bikes. From the left in the front row are Nathan Beaulac, Jordan
What makes an engine run? Understanding the basics is the premise of Small but Mighty Engines, a new 4-H club. Taking in a recent session at the New Liskeard Agricultural Research Station garage were, from left, Cole Sedore, 15, of Kerns, Aidan Durrant, 14, of Dymond and Brandon Margueratt,
The City of Temiskaming Shores staffers displayed their new recycling and waste bins at last weekend’s Lifestyle 2014 at the Horne Granite Club for the public to view. On the left is the blue recycle bin and on the right is the brown garbage bins that will roll out
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — When spring arrives it is not only time to celebrate the return of robins and spring flowers, but also to enjoy the joie de vivre of the French-language cultural- based Festival des Folies Franco-Fun event.The 9th annual Festival des Folies Franco-Fun is
