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Robert Young: The North Shore (New Brunswick) RegimentSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_5502" align="alignleft" width="500"] Robert Young holds a string of service medals he earned during
Twenty Questions with Diane Armstrong
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with author/columnist Diane Belanger Armstrong. She has written a book called Mud, Muskeg & Mosquitoes chronicling the story of her pioneer grandmother during the early years of the Temiskaming region.1. What is your full name?Diane Elizabeth
My new New Liskeard neighbourhood
[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe[/caption]Newly moved back to New Liskeard from a neighbouring town, I will take the opportunity to extoll the virtues of this most populous community.The
Ms. Claybelt’s story
Turning heads at thirty years oldThrough breeding, the Holstein has changed through the years, and our Ms. Claybelt represents what the breed looked like at that time.Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- Here’s a little-known fact.Ms. Claybelt is actually a
Twenty Questions with Annie
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s inaugural Temiskaming Speaker’s Twenty Questions features an interview with the character Annie, (played by Carlee Ridley) from the musical called Annie being produced by Small Pond Entertainers at the Classic Theatre in Cobalt.1. Who is “Annie” and what
New thriller set in post-apocalyptic Cobalt
COLEMAN TOWNSHIP (Staff) -- Brit Griffin of Coleman Township has just launched a new novel set in post-apocalyptic Northern Ontario.Her story, titled The Wintermen, is said to be perhaps the first truly Northern. It provides “all the lawlessness and action of the Old West--with 100 per cent more
“Blessed to have it”
Twenty years for Temiskaming FoundationDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- The Temiskaming Foundation held a twentieth birthday party Friday, October 17, celebrating a successful journey so far with over $1 million granted to local charities and non-profit groups in the community.The event took place at the
ON THE MARCH
On a warm, sunshine filled morning, Sunday, November 2, members of the Royal Canadian Legion Haileybury Branch 54, along with Algonquin Regiment 2344 Army Cadets and the Haileybury Pipe and Drum Band marched from the Legion to the Haileybury St. Paul’s Anglican Church followed by lunch at the branch
ON MILITARY HISTORY
Bun Eckensviller, the president of Branch 33 of the Royal Canadian Legion in New Liskeard, donated a book to the New Liskeard branch of the public library on October 10. Legion Ontario Command Military Service Recognition Book, Volume One outlines the service details of about 150 Ontarians who served
Maasai Choir comes to Haileybury this week
DISTRICT (Staff) — The En-kata choir from Tanzania, East Africa will be coming to the Haileybury Baptist Church with their “Why Such Fear?” tour on Friday, October 24 at 7 p.m.This musical performance will feature songs written by the Massai and performed in both their native languages of