Englehart Bark in the Park Event a first for the region
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART — The Englehart Special Events Board is thrilled to announce their first Bark in the Park event for dogs and their owners on Saturday, August 26, and Sunday, August 27, at the Englehart Ball field complex from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.They are hoping for a
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Preparing for Englehart Fall Fair
ENGLEHART (Staff) -- The Englehart Fall Fair is fast approaching and now is the time for exhibitors to get ready to enter submissions for judging.Englehart and District Agricultural Society volunteers are busy preparing the two-day event under the direction of president Louise Robinson.Anyone wishing to obtain prize lists or entry
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Venne reflects on history of earth in new exhibition
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART/ELK LAKE - A new exhibition titled Ancient and Sacred Earth will be on display at the Englehart and Area Museum from August 9 to September 3.The paintings depict "the history of the earth through my own impressions of it,” said Elk Lake artist Lionel Venne."The first painting
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In the footsteps of Hardy Boys ghostwriter
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY - Youths and adults from Temagami to Kirkland Lake, and all points in between, are being invited to enter a special anniversary essay contest.Sponsored by the Ghost of the Hardy Boys Committee (in association with the Haileybury Heritage Museum and TD Bank Group), and in celebration of
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Colony draws artists to Cobalt
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter COBALT – As a mother with young children, Jamie Cowie says it’s sometimes difficult to focus on her creative pursuits.But the five-day Cobalt Artists’ Colony offered “time to create, without the chaos at home,” said the Swastika artist.After attending her first colony, “I want to come back every
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Temiskaming woman’s story basis of new novel
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – What was life like for a girl growing up in the logging camps of Temiskaming in the 1920s and ’30s?That’s the story of Easter Water, a book by first-time author Sara Burke, who grew up outside New Liskeard and now lives in Ottawa.While it’s historical
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Drillers and muckers get shaking on Saturday
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor COBALT – A bit of Cobalt’s history comes alive on the long weekend with the annual mining competition next to the Father Les Costello Memorial Arena on Saturday.
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