Scarf campaign highlights Women Abuse Prevention Month
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — If a local campaign is successful, Temiskaming will be wrapped in purple.Throughout the month of November, in conjunction with Women Abuse Prevention Month, the Haileybury Pavilion Women’s Centre is asking people to support their Wrapped In Courage campaign by purchasing and wearing a purple coloured
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Englehart falls for Autumn Fest contests
ENGLEHART (Staff) – Offerings at the recent Autumn Fest in Englehart were a little spooky, quite tasty and very creative.Below are contest winners from the second edition of the Englehart and Area Historical Museum’s Autumn Fest October 21.Fall home decorating:1st, Annette Desilets McCarthy; 2nd, Katie Mundle; 3rd, Deanna Rooney.Merchant window/entrance
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Preparing to Light Up Red
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) - Ms. Claybelt will be joining the illustrious ranks of the CN Tower and Niagara Falls in November for the MADD Light Up Red and also the Project Red Ribbon campaigns.Landmarks across the country will be lit up red to remind people against impaired driving.Ms. Claybelt will
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City shows its appreciation to Bikers Reunion
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It’s said that a picture is worth a thousand words.But in the case of a painting presented to Bikers Reunion founder Barry Phippen and his committee, it says just two:“Thank you.”On October 17, the City of Temiskaming Shores presented to Phippen a painting depicting images
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Fundraising giving museum a lift
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART – While its career as a school ended 40 years ago, the building that now houses the Englehart and Area Historical Museum continues its educational function.In a typical year, 1,000 visitors tour the museum and its main-floor art gallery (accessible by a short flight of stairs) and
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Ecole Navigateurs raises funds for pediatric cancer care
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — To honour a fellow student who has been battling cancer for six years, staff and students at Ecole publique des Navigateurs in New Liskeard raised $2,281.86 for the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) on Friday, October 13.POGO is an organization championing childhood cancer care
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Walking to End Polio event October 24
ENGLEHART (Staff/Special) -- The Rotary Club of Englehart is joining other Rotary Clubs to raise awareness about the crippling childhood disease of polio.A fundraising walk is being held in Englehart on Tuesday, October 24 in honour of World Polio Day.The Walking to End Polio Now event will take place at
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Terry Fox remembered at NLPS
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It’s about 950 kilometres from New Liskeard to Thunder Bay, where cancer’s return abruptly stopped Terry Fox’s run across Canada.All that happened in 1981, long before students – and some staff – at New Liskeard Public were born.But the school set a collective goal to
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Expanded program building foundation for employment
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – People sometimes need a little help to be successful in the workforce, said Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Anthony Rota.Thanks to new funding for the Temiskaming Native Women’s Support Group (TNWSG), “we’re making another step in that direction,” said the Liberal MP at the organization’s New Liskeard centre
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Why Cobalt Lake needs high water level
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt council will be pursuing funding for a couple of projects to improve Teck Park.Council will be meeting for a quick half-hour session on Tuesday, October 24, at 6 p.m., just before its first meeting for the 2018 budget. At that time ideas for the park
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