Camp Jeunesse cooking
The Société Jeunesse en Marche recently received $25,000 from the Frog’s Breath Foundation to renovate the kitchen at Camp Jeunesse on Bass Lake in Coleman Township. Three outdoor shelters will also be replaced. Pictured in the front row (from left to right) are campers: Seth Poirier, Christopher Groulx-Walsh, Loic
Twenty Questions with Breana Quevillon
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Classic Theatre Assistant Marketing and Management summer student Breana Quevillon.1. What is your full name?My
Headframe returns with Strange Whispers in the Night
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Wintry roads, losing and finding one’s way, and love – lost, found and maintained.They’re all found on Strange Whispers in the Night, the second release by Headframe.The new CDs arrived just two days before the band was scheduled to play
Drag N’ Fly blasting off
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP -- The longest drag race track in Northern Ontario will be the centrepiece of this weekend’s Temiskaming Drag N’ Fly.The annual event at the Earlton-Timiskaming Regional Airport is getting underway Friday, August 7 and continuing through until Sunday, August 9.The quarter-mile
Summer theatre
Small Pond Entertainers stage children’s classicsDISTRICT (Staff) — Children and adults involved in Small Pond Entertainers have been busy rehearsing for the big day when they take the Disney productions of Beauty and the Beast Junior, Aladdin Junior and The Aristocrats Kids to the stage of the Classic
A STEAMY PAST
More than a century after its manufacture, the Sawyer-Massey steam engine is still chugging away. John Brown of North Bay made some minor adjustments to the 1896 powerhouse on display at the Rod Inglis Memorial Earlton Steam and Antique Show on the weekend. Engines both big and small as
MOVING EXPERIENCE
The recently-held Get Moving Temiskaming event attracted hundreds of people to the New Liskeard waterfront near the Algonquin Beach ballpark. The event was sponsored by the Timiskaming Active Living Collaborative with funding for the event coming from a provincial grant tied to the Pan Am Games. A stage was
Twenty Questions with Jarret Larabie
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Royal Canadian Army Cadet, Algonquin Regiment Jarret Larabie. He won the Outstanding Cadet Award five years in
ARTISTS’ INSPIRATIONS
Hélène King adjusts “Phoenix Rising,” a painting by Berdina Beaven in the style of the late First Nations artist Norval Morrisseau. It’s one of 15 works now on display at the Englehart and Area Historical Museum until August 2. Members of the Englehart Area Artists challenged themselves to create
First-time Fests
Music, canoes at centre stageDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="8932,8933,8930"]TEMAGAMI – Music and canoes have made waves – through sound and on the water – in Temagami.The Deepwater Music Festival and the Temagami Canoe Festival provided a double-header of music, outdoor recreation and education.The festivals complemented each