SIX STRING NATION
Six String Nation guitar owner Jowi Taylor brought his famous guitar to New Liskeard Public School (NLPS) recently. His power point presentation explained how he created the guitar from 64 different pieces and the stories behind those pieces involving Canadian history and legend. Pictured playing the guitar is NLPS
HONOURABLE TRAVEL
Stories about some of Canada’s best, brightest and most heroic will be rolling into Earlton later this week. “It’s An Honour!” is a 1,000-square-foot mobile, bilingual exhibit about exceptional Canadians who have received the Order of Canada, military decorations for bravery, and other honours. There’s even a hologram message
Stories and talent found in quilt show
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The Englehart and Area Historical Museum is now featuring the work of the Next Stop Englehart Quilters Guild.The exhibition room at the museum is a maze of quilts arrayed to provide visitors a maximized opportunity to appreciate all that area quilters are capable
Friday night music proposed for downtown
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – There may be singing, if not dancing, in the streets in New Liskeard.The New Liskeard Business Improvement Area (BIA) proposes to introduce Music in the Streets on Friday nights in July.Downtown businesses would remain open until 9 p.m. while musicians and artists would
SPRING FACIAL
Four-year-old Lincoln Jobson of Elk Lake watched intently as artist Celeste Tonkin added a butterfly to the cheek of his cousin, Ella McCarty, 6, of Timmins. Face painting was an attraction at a May 17 sport and trade show at Fish On Bait N’ Tackle in Elk Lake. Half
TAG hosts Boreal North sculpture show
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The curved walls of the Temiskaming Art Gallery (TAG) are awash with three-dimensional sculpture works presented by the eclectic group of artists belonging to the Boreal North Sculpture Association (BNSA).The work of the 12 sculpture artists belonging to various clubs across
FOX ON THE RUN
This cute little cub fox was playing with his siblings along with the mother nearby on the side of a sand hill along the Highway 65 West highway last week. Several motorists have spotted the mother fox and her litter playing alongside the hill and stopped to take in
Mezzanine Gallery exhibition
Busy Hands a show of local artDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Many people turned out to greet the artists of the Temiskaming Palette and Brush Club at the Mezzanine Gallery in Cobalt Tuesday evening, May 13.The event at the Cobalt Classic Theatre was the reception and
ON THE RUN
Who doesn’t enjoy the outdoors on Victoria Day weekend? The bull, at left, and cow above were spotted May 17 in a sunny field near Charlton. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)
Seventh annual event
Spring Pulse Poetry Festival returnsDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT/TEMISKAMING SHORES -- The Spring Pulse Poetry Festival is fast approaching, and is celebrating its seventh year of bringing poetry to the region.This annual event is continuously growing, weaving the venues and people of the region together to create a