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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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Visitors invited to dive into lake tour
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – As the 2014 summer tourism season gears up, communities circling Lake Temiskaming and vicinity will be showcased to a wide audience.The second edition of a glossy, bilingual, 36-page guide offering a tour around the lake has been released.
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A local history of a fascinating man
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- A new local history paperback has just been published highlighting the fascinating person of Father Charles Paradis who was active in the area’s history around the turn of the century.The book, titled Le Pére Paradis, Missionnaire Colonisateur, is written by Daniéle Lacasse
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Spring brings SweetGrass to Temagami
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – SweetGrass describes itself as “a bluegrass band with an edge.”Audiences can judge for themselves when the southern Ontario trio drops by Bear Island and Temagami May 24-25.SweetGrass’ members have decades of experience as musicians and on stage.They include Ginny McIlmoyle of Cobourg, Al
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LIBRARY LOVER
Former Latchford resident Lindsay Inglis Clattenburg is an avid reader and was at the Latchford Public Library mega book sale checking out the deals on Saturday, April 26. The library is closing its doors for good and offered its book collection, DVD’s, furnishings, electronics and shelving to other libraries
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