Doc screening Sept. 15 in Temagami
TEMAGAMI (Special) – Audiences have another chance to see a documentary about a project re-introducing Temagami First Nation youth to the birch bark canoe tradition.The Power of the Canoe will be screened at September 15 in the Bunny Miller Theatre at the Welcome Centre.It was filmed in
Beauty and Poetry of North celebrated
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- The second annual PoeARTry North painting and poetry juried competition and exhibition is now on display at the Mezzanine Gallery of the Cobalt Classic Theatre.A reception and award ceremony will take place Thursday evening, September 3, beginning at 6:30 p.m., with first,
Group of Seven
lectures at two area art exhibitionsDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_9548" align="alignleft" width="300"] Sue and Jim Waddington, authors of In the
Twenty Questions with Marlene Spruyt
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_9534" align="alignleft" width="234"] Marlene Spruyt[/caption]This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Timiskaming Health Unit Medical Officer of Health/CEO, Dr. Marlene Spruyt.1. What
Charlton falling for all things fair
CHARLTON (Staff) – Take a break from work on Labour Day weekend to drop by the Charlton Fall Fair.The Prince and Princess of the Pumpkin Patch will reign over the 108th edition of the fair on September 5 and 6.The annual celebration of all things rural includes
GONE FISHIN’
Audrey Williamson, 6, of Cobalt, at left, was joined by Kenna Dessureault, 4, of New Liskeard and Tyrin Williamson, 8, of Cobalt at a fishing hole in Teck Prospect Park. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)
Perennial showstopper
Festival of flowers a blooming 60Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="9409,9410,9412"]ENGLEHART – As exhibitors and organizers prepared for the Festival of Flowers’ opening, torrential rains battered gardens.But veteran exhibitors were prepared.“I picked mine on the morning of the day before,” said Eileen Fisher, a
GROWING UP
Jeff Warner of Aidie Creek Gardens in Chamberlain Township held an open house Sunday, August 23. He said 166 people came by to get a view of his giant vegetables, in particular this pumpkin which, on this day, was 1,201 pounds with a girth of about 184 inches. A
The enchanted fort
Through the Temiskaming Art Gallery’s Junior Artists’ Colony, my youngest nephew had an opportunity last week to visit Fort Temiscamingue south of Ville-Marie.He loved it so much, he was trying to tell me all the stories he had heard while on the tour at the fort.Wanting to
Twenty Questions with Chris Draper
[caption id="attachment_9403" align="alignleft" width="300"] Chris Draper (right) clowning with the Boss, Scott Holiday of Rival Sons in France. (Supplied photo)[/caption]Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions