New guide to winter activities available

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – There’s a new resource for people who want to explore winter activities in the Temiskaming area, on both sides of the lake.The Building Ties Temiskaming project launched the winter fun guide during the Village Noël Témiskaming.It outlines opportunities skiing, tube sliding and snowshoeing, as well as

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Christmas Wish fulfills new fundraising record

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) - A new record has been set in the annual CJTT FM on-air Christmas Wish campaign in this, the station’s 50th anniversary year.Businesses, individuals and organizations opened up their hearts and wallets and donated $68,482 for needy children in the South Temiskaming region last week.During the 72-hour

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New child care centre in Temagami

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI - The Temagami Child Care Centre, which began operation October 2, held an open house Saturday, November 18, to allow the community to come see the new facility.The new centre is based at Temagami Public School where it uses two rooms.One will serve as a group room

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Green energy in an earlier time

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter (Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part story about Pete's Dam Park)DYMOND TOWNSHIP - There are many points of interest at Pete's Dam Park. Each one tells its own story that stretches back into the first part of the 20th century.One of those features is a

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Englehart unveils Christmas

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART – There was enough snow late last week to get people in a festive mood in Englehart.But there wasn’t so much that it kept people from taking in the November 17 unveiling of downtown merchants’ Christmas windows and the special sales at a variety of locations.And the

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Haileybury lights it up Friday

HAILEYBURY (Staff) - Haileybury is trimming the tree and everyone is invited to the Cenotaph Park Friday evening, November 17, for its official lighting ceremony.The Night of Lights event will include many activities with the tree lighting at 7 p.m.Young and old are invited. A non-perishable food item for the

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Life on the river in an earlier time

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DYMOND TOWNSHIP - A landscape often reveals clues that tell something more about its history and the people who have lived here in other eras.The land may roll in a strange pattern, indicating there was once a ditch there. A pile of worn bricks by a river might

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Walking for the health of it

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Walkers can head to class this week.As part of age-friendly initiatives in Temiskaming Shores, indoor walking sessions step out today (November 15) at Timiskaming District Secondary School.The halls will be turned over to pedestrians looking for a safe venue to exercise out of the weather,

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Finding the connections between World War I veterans

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - As Remembrance Day 2017 is marked on Saturday, November 11, area residents have the good fortune of having a place where they can learn more about the lives of those who fought in wars past.The Bunker Military Museum, located at 24 Prospect Avenue in Cobalt, on

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