Tourists travelling rail motor cars across region
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- A group of tourists from the United States and other parts of Canada will be an attraction themselves as they pass through the area.A group of people from the North American Rail Car Operators Association (NORCOA) will be
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JUST DUCKY
A female mallard was preening its feathers while balancing on one leg during a recent rainy storm on Lake Temagami. If you look closely you can see the water beading on its beautiful feathers. (Staff photo by Sue Nielsen)
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Bright Outlook for Fall Fair
A cheery facelift to a building at the New Liskeard fall fall grounds was cause for celebration by the New Liskeard Agricultural Society, which runs the annual fair in September, and the Temiskaming Palette and Brush Club, which completed the mural on one of the fall fair buildings. People
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Harvest Queen off to CNE Ambassador of Fairs event
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — New Liskeard Agricultural Society Fall Fair Harvest Queen, Shaelyn Turcotte, is heading off to the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) Ambassador of the Fairs competition being held in Toronto August 20-21.The CNE dates back to 1879 and has grown from a local
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Englehart Museum gallery features Eclectic Kat exhibit
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART — Her art work features a broad range of taste, ideas and style and is aptly named Eclectic Kat.The Eclectic Kat art exhibition opened Saturday, August 6 at the Englehart Area Historical Museum.Artist Kathleen Ryan was in attendance for the opening of
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Hanging out together
Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo was at the Paul Penna Public Library in Cobalt recently. Zoo staff member Catherine Rancourt of Ottawa, pictured here, told a gathering of about 100 children and adults about many different reptiles and other animals, handling several including this variegated python. (Staff photo by Darlene
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Annual flower show August 18-19
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The Englehart and District Horticultural Society is celebrating 60 years of history, and this Thursday, August 18 and Friday, August 19, will be the 60th official flower show of the organization.Visitors to the event Thursday evening and Friday afternoon at
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Junior Dragster
Nine year-old junior dragster Amy Wickham from Val Caron, pictured with her dragster car called “Grampa’s Girl”, raced in last weekend’s annual Drag N’ Fly Summer Classic held at the Earlton-Timiskaming Regional Airport on Saturday, August 6. She has been racing for two years with her best time
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Summer tea at the beach
The New Liskeard beach offered a perfect setting for a summer afternoon tea party recently. From front to back, Lexi Lacroix, 7, of Latchford, Yasmine Ahmed, 6, of Sudbury, Julia Lachapelle, 6, of Haileybury, and Riley Young, 3, of Ottawa were enjoying tea and cupcakes with their grandmother Jasmine
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Stamping out diabetes
Shane Wright of Earlton is pictured here in the Jackpot Ranch Sorting competition at the Nancy Peddie Memorial Diabetes Fundraiser which took place at the Cougar Ridge Farms. The Temiskaming Diabetes Program fundraiser raised $3,400. The event took place at the farm of Dennis and Rena Peddie, and was
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