Culture Days are back

DISTRICT (Staff) - Temiskaming loves culture.That’s evident by the various vibrant arts and cultural organizations who sign up to participate in the annual Culture Days taking place September 29, 30 and October 1, both locally and across Canada.What is Culture Days?Culture Days is a collaborative, Canada-wide volunteer movement to raise

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A Day at Kap Kig Iwan September 23

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter EVANTUREL TOWNSHIP - Evanturel Township will be hosting a Day at Kap Kig Iwan Park on Saturday, September 23.The event will include an opportunity for biking and hiking, a scavenger hunt for kids, a lantern launch at dusk at the lookout, a campfire with a wiener roast, camp

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Discussing climate change through art

HAILEYBURY (Staff) -- The Temiskaming Art Gallery is now showing the work of Margot Cormier Splane.The Timmins artist has won 15 international awards. Her exhibition creates a dialogue around climate change, says gallery interim manager Kirsten Hill.Cormier was present at the Temiskaming Art Gallery Sunday, September 10, to launch her

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Fall Fair pays off with weather jackpot

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — New Liskeard Fall Fair organizers got their wish— for warm sunshine and big crowds, September 14-16.Fair organizers say they are about as happy with the success of the 115th New Liskeard Fall Fair as a kid with cotton candy on a midway thrill ride.“We had

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Looking forward to 2018 Englehart event

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The 108th Englehart Fall Fair has come and gone, and organizers are happy with the overall response to the event held Thursday, September 7, and Friday, September 8.While attendees and exhibitors were down slightly, there was an interest shown in all categories by the exhibitors who

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A new look at Old Temiskaming

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter NEW LISKEARD - New Liskeard resident Florent Héroux has just completed his latest book titled Recollections of Old Temiskaming.While other books produced by Héroux have been in French, or bilingual, this book has been presented in English, with the possibility of translating it into French at a later

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Good start for Bark in the Park

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - It was a pretty good turnout, said organizer Candace Pritchard of the first annual Englehart Bark in the Park event.The weather was perfect Saturday, August 26, and Sunday, August 27."We got really lucky," said Pritchard.The first day drew out a good crowd of 60 to 65

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North on Tap flows $30,000 to local food banks

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – The first ever North on Tap festival satisfied more than a thirst for craft beer – it raised $30,000 for three area food banks.The Haileybury, New Liskeard and Cobalt, Coleman, Latchford and Area food banks will each receive $10,000.The donations are “thanks to the success of

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