Annual Community Food Bank Drive this weekend
DISTRICT (Staff) - Access to food taps into the very pillars of what a kind and caring society is all about.Fortunately, in the South Temiskaming region, kindness abounds when the annual Temiskaming Speaker Community Food Bank drive takes place Saturday, September 30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Food bank volunteers
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Brayden D’Arcey crowned 2017 Harvest QueenSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — In front of a standing room only crowd at the Horne Granite Centre, the New Liskeard Fall Fair Harvest Queen Pageant judges selected a new queen and two princesses on Friday, September 15.Brayden D’Arcey was selected queen, First Princess is
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To mow or not to mow
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - At Cobalt's committee-of-the-whole meeting, a discussion about grass mowing turned to possibilities in the town to sell smaller lots for 16-foot wide homes.The meeting explored whether the town should be mowing properties that do not belong to the town. Numerous reasons were cited, such as grass
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Lake Temagami residents want stiffer penalties for criminal activity
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI — Twenty-two permanent Lake Temagami residents showed up at the Haileybury Ontario Court of Justice on Friday, September 17, showing a united front against criminal activity on their lake.They wished to send a message to the court that they won’t stand for repeated criminal activity.“We want to
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Temagami Lake Cottage Watch aims to reduce crime
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI — People are working together on Lake Temagami to prevent crime.A high number of break and enters involving cottages and homes on Lake Temagami has resulted in
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Long Lake angler nabs rare catch
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter CHARLTON – Marie Henhoeffer has a tale to tell about the one that didn’t get away.On August 28, she was fishing from her pontoon boat near her Long Lake Road home when she discovered her anchor was snagged.“I couldn’t get it to budge,” she said.She worried that she
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Kids have grown over the summer
ENGLEHART (Staff/Special) - Youth Garden Competitions were held by the Englehart and District Horticultural Society this summer.There were 17 Englehart area children who entered the competitions. Judges Lois Dekker and Judy Brownlee visited the gardens in August, and the winners have now been announced.• (Junior Kindergarten/Senior Kindergarten) Sierra Denomme and
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Looking forward to 2018 Englehart event
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The 108th Englehart Fall Fair has come and gone, and organizers are happy with the overall response to the event held Thursday, September 7, and Friday, September 8.While attendees and exhibitors were down slightly, there was an interest shown in all categories by the exhibitors who
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Back to school for med students in Temiskaming Shores
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Over the next eight months, four medical students will be getting acquainted with the Temiskaming Shores area and its residents.The third-year students from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) will continue their studies while working under local doctors in a variety of medical settings
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Charlton marks 110 fair years
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter CHARLTON – The sun shone, for the most part, on the 110th anniversary of the Charlton Fall Fair.A drizzly Sunday morning kept visitors away, but that’s typically the quietest time at the fair, said Carrie Anne Field, president of the Charlton Agricultural Society.As misty conditions disappeared and warmer
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