At The Marsh
Big year expected for boreal owlsDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_14211" align="alignleft" width="500"] Nicole Richardson, assistant bander at the Hilliardton Marsh Research and Education Centre, is pictured here holding
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TEAM WORK
Friends Addyson Heroux (back) with her horse called Flame and Jayden Clark and her horse Oreo took part in last weekend’s Temiskaming Pleasure Horse Club final event of the year called Open Mounted Games held on Saturday, September 24. The girls took part in several exercises that were dependent
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Groundhog Feasting
This furry groundhog, part of the rodent family, popped his head up from under a building at Bass Lake recently. Groundhogs eat one-third of their weight each day and this particular one was feasting on nearby clover patches. (Staff photo by Sue Nielsen)
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Twenty Questions with Joanne Jackson
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with The Messenger documentary producer Joanne Jackson. Ms. Jackson grew up in New Liskeard and
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Lucky Winner
Annamae Needham of New Liskeard (right) is the lucky winner of a 2016 Ford Fiesta. Ms. Needham won the car as an attendance prize at the New Liskeard Fall Fair. She commented that she only had one ticket in the draw, and it was the lucky winner. She said
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Harvest Queen Contestants 2016
A pool party was held at the home of Friends of the Festival Harvest Queen Pageant Director Sharron Graydon on Wednesday, August 31 for the 12 prospective Harvest Queen contestants. The pool party was a chance for the girls to meet and greet one another. From the left in
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Good Crop
The warm summer resulted in a good crop of garden produce. Kathy Scott of Tomstown is pictured here with her entry at the Englehart Fall Fair which was held last week. (See this week’s C Front for more coverage). The fair season ends in Temiskaming this week with the
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New Liskeard Fall Fair returning for another year
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter NEW LISKEARD -- The New Liskeard Fall Fair is here once again, and thousands of people from across the district, as well as visitors from across the province, are expected to converge on New Liskeard for the annual event.The event itself is nearly as
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Spotlight on timing, teamwork in Mane Event
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter CHARLTON – The figure eight, the basket weave, the cross.While the moves may be more commonly associated with the dance floor or the ice, they can also be seen in the riding ring.A group of South Temiskaming horse riders have formed the Mane
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Fair days in Charlton
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="13814,13813,13811"]CHARLTON – “We’ve come for many years,” said Amy Clarke of Kirkland Lake as her son checked out the critters at the Charlton Fall Fair.The livestock and the variety of activities, as well as her husband’s family ties to Charlton, keep them returning
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