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Beau Knows
All’s Well for four-year-old donorDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter ELK LAKE – International development and global disparity aren’t on the kindergarten curriculum.But that hasn’t stopped four-year-old Beau Wollis from tackling a root cause of poverty and illness in the developing world.The junior kindergarten student at Elk Lake Public has become perhaps the youngest
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Contractors invited to info evening
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The city is inviting the area’s builders to an educational night out.Temiskaming Shores, in conjunction with the Temiskaming Municipal Building Association, is inviting area contractors to an information session February 19.Participants will be treated to a meal and updates about changes to the Ontario
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Choosing good representatives
We are in a challenging time, facing a municipal election, a provincial election, and a federal election all within about the next 20 months. The municipal election is in October of this year, and the federal election is expected in October of the following year. The provincial election could happen
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The Voice Of Number Six
Ontario Minister of Transportation Glen Murray has apologized for the state of highways and said that work is underway to make improvements. Theoretically, by next winter, some Ontario highways are going to see government-owned winter maintenance vehicles out on the highways when conditions exceed what can reasonably be expected of
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No shame, no disgrace
Dear Editor:Permit me to reply to the letters that were critical of my submission re: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).I was surprised that I was accused of “shaming” these folk, of “tearing them down,” etc.THAT was not my intention, nor did I state that.What I wanted to point out is
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Haileybury resident named acting LHIN chair
NORTH BAY (Special) – A Haileybury resident is now acting chair of the regional body responsible for coordinating and funding provincial health care services.Danielle Bélanger-Corbin has been named acting chair of the board of the North East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN).The North East LHIN oversees $1.4 billion in health
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Foley and Pape tops in art exhibition
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY -- New Liskeard artist Marty Foley has won the Best In Show category of the annual Temiskaming Palette and Brush Club exhibition.The show is on display at the Temiskaming Art Gallery (TAG) until Friday, February 14.Mr. Foley’s acrylic painting, titled 3035, was selected by juror Jean Paul
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School conversion approved
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – City council has approved rezoning that would see a former North Cobalt school turned into apartments.Property owner Aurele Miron has proposed turning the former Royaume des Petits school on Groom Drive into an 11-unit apartment building.The school, located beside the former Roman Catholic Church, is reported
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