Library hopes for Canada 150 invite
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city hopes that the New Liskeard library will get a gift from Canada’s 150th birthday party.Temiskaming Shores is applying to the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program for help to cover some $350,000 in structural repairs.Also on its list is
Twenty Questions with Renée Taylor
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Temiskaming Detachment Ontario Provincial Police Community Services Officer, Renée Taylor.1. What is your full name?Renée Marie Cecile Taylor2. Where
Team Work
Lisa Wilson and her horse Blizzard took part in the Northern Ontario Cow Horse Association Team Penning event at Hilliard Township’s Cougar Ridge Farms on Saturday, May 23. The best time during the event for three calves penned in 54.67 seconds was Linda Giesen, Rick Brubacher and Rena Peddie.
Back track
Drag ‘N Fly races are now a go this AugustDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP -- The Earlton-Timiskaming Regional Airport Municipal Services Board (MSB) has agreed to allow the Temiskaming Rod and Custom Club (TRACC) to use the main runway for the annual drag race
Plan focusing on arts and culture sustainability
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A Toronto firm has been hired to draft a plan to sustain the local arts and cultural sector – and up to 20 organizations – in the long term.Temiskaming Shores has awarded the development of the South Temiskaming Cultural Sustainability Plan to Millier Dickinson
ON THE TRAIL
It was a bit chilly May 19, but some Timiskaming District Secondary students walked the STATO trail to Haileybury. The walkathon was a fundraiser for a transitional learning community class trip to Science North and Dynamic Earth in Sudbury in June. Among the walkers – who raised more than
Twenty Questions with Helene Culhane
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with The Temiskaming Shores & Area Chamber of Commerce
Rhyme and reason
Poet Marsha Barber of Toronto (left) returned to the South Temiskaming area again this year to bring poetry to the classroom in area schools. She was at Timiskaming District Secondary School on Thursday, May 21. Pictured here with her are students (from left): Joshua Levéille, Jerod Cecchini and Patrick
Twenty Questions with Melissa Maloney
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Festival des Follies Franco-Fun Star Franco Event winner Mélissa Maloney.1. What is
Regional cookbook a feast for the eyes and palate
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – When Pierre Belanger began raising buffalo in 1972, he never imagined that he’d one day be featured in a cookbook.But recipes for bison stew, Belanger-style, and bison loin can be found in Tout l’monde à table!The 290-page, full-colour cookbook features