TNSC stages provincial cross-country meet[caption id="attachment_15667" align="alignleft" width="500"] Whether blasting off from the start line (below) or deep in the bush fending off challengers, young skiers expended maximum effort during Saturday’s King’s Court 850-metre races. (Staff
Promoting highland culture through its musicDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="15661,15660"]HAILEYBURY -- Who doesn’t thrill to the sound of the pipes skirling over the hilltop, or the sight of neighbours, friends and family members dressed in rich plaids, marching to the beat of ancient Celtic melodies?The Haileybury Highlanders,
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – How should livestock producers properly dispose of the plastic that protects bales and chopped silage?Temiskaming beef producers want their provincial organization to investigate methods to recycle agricultural plastics or safely dispose of them.It’s one of two local resolutions that will be
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Tri-Town Pathfinders and Rangers Guider, Penny Durrant.1. What is your full name? Penny Durrant2. Where were you born?
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — They packed their suitcases in anticipation of the annual Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies’ (OAAS) convention held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto February 16-18.Harvest Queen Friends of the Festival pageant director Sharron Graydon accompanied the 2016-17 Harvest Queen, Gabrielle
Barry Phippen of Phippen Signs (left) is pleased to announce that Martin Maille has been named as the new manager of Phippen Signs.Maille will be taking over the position on March 1.Phippen will be remaining at the business for a short time to provide Maille with training
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A fallen conductor was the cause of a power outage to more than 1,700 electricity customers in southern Temiskaming late last week.The February 17 outage, which was reported to have occurred at 4:55 a.m., affected residents from Dymond to Casey to Dack.Hydro One
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The engineering to reconstruct a half-kilometre stretch of Albert Street in Haileybury will be completed this year.That means it’ll be shovel-ready when funding opportunities arise, said Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd after council met February 7.The engineering will be completed
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – In the mid-February depths of winter, few people are thinking of biking.But that may change.Temiskaming Shores has been awarded a bronze level standing as a bicycle friendly community by the Share the Road Cycling Coalition.The city joins Thunder Bay
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP -- The Earlton Timiskaming Regional Airport Authority (ETRAA) is officially on solid ground.The airport authority has been established and its first chair is Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd.“Everything looks to be in line for the official takeover on March 1, 2017,”
