Coaches and skaters from the New Liskeard Skating Club are busy getting ready for the James Bay Competition at the end of the month, hosted by the Haileybury Figure Skating Club.The NLSC will have a special James Bay Preview Saturday, January 18, at the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena.The hour-long show
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Gold and Silver
Outstanding results for TNT racers at Ontario CupCOLLINGWOOD (Special) - Six Temiskaming Nordic Team (TNT) racers participated in the first Ontario Cup cross-country ski races of the season at Highlands Nordic near Collingwood December 28-30.They returned bearing valuable hardware for their efforts.PARA-NORDIC
Eberts dim the Stars twice
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) - The Ebert Welding Bantams returned to North Eastern Ontario Hockey Association (NEOHA) action when they hosted the Timmins North Stars for a pair of games at the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena January 11.EBERTS 4 STARS 1Mason Axcell put Eberts on the board with help from linemates
Nordic News
By Lynn Gibson, TNSC Public Relations DirectorAccording to the long-range weather forecast, it looks like a perfect month for skiing at the Temiskaming Nordic Ski Club (TNSC). Let’s hope Mother Nature keeps on giving us these great temperatures and the right amount of snow, so that our trail system remains
Straight from the hip
The 2014 men’s hockey team has now been selected for the Sochi Olympics in February so why all the fuss over who WASN’T selected, mainly by the media folks who might have been proven wrong with their picks - so what?No matter how many seasoned hockey coaches and general managers
Sport Shorts – Defending Gold
The roster for Team Canada’s men’s Olympic hockey squad heading to the Sochi, Russia Winter Olympics has been announced.We anticipated this announcement once the American squad was named the day of the National Hockey League Winter Classic in Detroit.Wasn’t the Winter Classic a terrific hockey moment?Nice to see the Toronto
Cubs take road show to Timmins
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – With bad weather forcing the cancellation of their January 11 game in Chelmsford against the Nickel City Sons, the New Liskeard Cubs have set their sites on Timmins for this weekend.They’ll take on the Majors Saturday, January 18, at the McIntyre Arena.“This Saturday we want
Crematorium reflects changing business demand
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Funeral services, like other businesses, evolve to meet client needs.And in Temiskaming Shores, a rising demand for cremation has led to the opening of the area’s first crematorium.“It’s changed dramatically,” said Claude Leveille, owner of Buffam Leveille Funeral Home and the new Lakeview Crematorium.When the
Thank you, thank you
Dear Editor:Once again the people of south Temiskaming showed their generosity. The Ministry of Natural Resources held a Christmas Food Drive at Walmart Supercentre and Chartrand’s Your Independent Grocer on Saturday, December 21, 2013.The men worked from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. collecting non-perishable food for the local
Helping others
Dear Editor:On Sunday morning taking my dog for a walk, there was a bank of ice and snow ploughed in across the entrance/exit to Cedar Street.I am handicapped and use an electric scooter for transportation. I got part way through the barricade and was struck.A passing gentleman stopped