Band reaching out to teens
COBALT (Staff) -- Anthem For Today will appear at the Cobalt Classic Theatre to perform a live rock concert Friday, October 30.The event will get underway at 8 p.m.The band was formed in 2011. Pip Lucas of Barrie provides lead vocals. Davey Hooper and GI Holm are
Hundreds surveyed Art in the Park
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – An estimated 980 people turned out last summer to hear live music at the Haileybury waterfront while perusing the work of local artists and artisans.The inaugural Art in the Park series ran for eight Wednesday nights at the Harbour Front Pavilion
The beauty of beads
Local home-based businesses were displaying their products and providing explanations to the publics at the Classy Cobalt Red Hatted Ladies Young-at-Heart Ladies Fun No-Fee Event at the Golden Age Club in Cobalt Tuesday, October 6. Products displayed included tea, cosmetics, soaps, Himalayan ionic natural salt lamps, jewellry, lockets and
Hallowe’en Tea at Englehart museum
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- It’s autumn and with autumn comes Hallowe’en.The Englehart and Area Historical Museum is celebrating the season with a Hallowe’en Tea Friday, October 30.The spirit of the past, along with old lanterns and broomsticks, will be front and centre.While visiting, guests
A way with watercolours
June Simpson of Sesekinika, a member of the Kirkland Lake Art Club, showed her work during the recently-held Englehart Area Artists Open Door Studio Tours. Ms. Simpson exhibited her work at the Chamberlain Community Hall. She explained about her pieces which included watercolour on yupo, a kind of plastic.
Twenty Questions with Bettyanne Thib-Jelly
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Englehart resident Bettyanne Thib-Jelly who has just received the prestigious Governor General’s Caring Canadian
Inspired by the garden
Bonnie Warner of Englehart enjoys flower arranging, wreath-making, crafts and photography, along with her gardens. She is pictured here at her home where she opened her door to visitors recently as part of the Englehart Area Artists Open Doors Studio Tour. (Staff photo by Darlene Wroe)
MILLION-DOLLAR WIN
New Liskeard’s Andre Rondeau became an instant millionaire when he scratched a winning Instant $100,000,000 Diamond Payout ticket. “I thought my heart was going to beat right out of my chest,” he told staff at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto where he collected his winnings. “It was all
Twenty Questions with Nicki Galley
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with New Liskeard resident Nicole (Nicki) Galley, a courageous woman who was badly injured in a motorcycle mishap. 1. What is your full name?Nicole Diane Gagne Galley2. Where were
First-place quilt
Dorothy Knight of Dack Township opened the door of her home to visitors during the Englehart Area Artists Open Door Studio Tour Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27. She showed visitors her quilts, sewing, knitting, and also her baking. She is pictured here with her Sampler Quilt hanging