Twenty Questions with Diane Bailey
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Northern Acres Equine and Animal Sanctuary owner Diane Bailey.1. What is your full name?Dianne Deidre Bailey.2. Where were you born?I was born in a small village, now a small town, called Normandy. The
PPKS presents Clip!
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Children in the Temiskaming region can shake off the cold of January with warm laughter when they take in the upcoming Pied Piper Kidshow (PPKS) Clip! this coming Thursday, January 29 at the Classic Theatre in Cobalt, beginning at 6:45 p.m.PPKS is
Seed’s latest offers Dreams and Memories
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – When Albert Seed released a CD 15 years ago, he figured it would be his one and only.Over the years, the Temiskaming Shores man occasionally considered another recording project.But he’d pretty much given up the idea until he received a
Twenty Questions with Ruth Shepherdson
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with the Great North Midget League statistician/treasurer, Ruth Shepherdson.1. What is your full name? Ruth Elsie Shepherdson (Tucker).2. Where were you born? New Liskeard .3.
Spiritual journey through art
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Dreamy pastels and bursts of colour reminiscent of Northern landscapes light up the paintings by Temiskaming Shores artist Vanessa Herbert.Some feature birds, evoking her childhood memories of her grandfather who loved them, as well as horses.Others show flowers on a background
TAG Celebrates
It’s 35 years and looking forward to many moreDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_6136" align="alignleft" width="150"] Former Temiskaming Art Gallery curator Lionel Venne will be one of the
Hole lot of fun
Ice fishing on Lake Temiskaming during the winter months is a rite of passage for many locals. On Sunday, January 11, Haileybury resident Denis Gagnon and his dog, Kosto, were drilling holes in the ice just off the Haileybury marina as they prepared for a full day of
Take our quiz on 2014
1. Of the 11 incorporated municipalities that had elections October 27 in The Temiskaming Speaker’s circulation area, how many had voter turnouts of over 50 per cent of the electorate?(a) None.(b) Three.(c) All of them.2. In January 2014, the Haileybury branch of the IODE disbanded.
FUTURE ENTREPRENEURS
New Liskeard Public School (NLPS) students in Lindsay Hodgson’s Grade 4 and 5 class recently took part in the Northern Ontario Youth Entrepreneurship Create a Logo program targeting elementary students in Grades 3-6. Students participated in a competition identifying and naming a business opportunity they believe could work in
Twenty Questions with Gerry Gooderham
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Temagami-based photographer Gerry Gooderham.1. What is your full name?Gerald Richard Gooderham.2. Where were you born?I was born in North Bay, Ontario but grew up in Oakville