Summer plans for Charlton Heritage Centre
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter CHARLTON-DACK - The Municipality of Charlton and Dack has received funding approval for a summer student to oversee the Charlton Heritage Centre this summer.The Canada Summer Student 2017 program will provide 50 per cent funding for the eight-week position.Deputy clerk-treasurer Gisele Belanger said
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Mock disasters bring emergency readiness home
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – And you think you’re having a bad day.A variety of scenarios played out in Temiskaming Shores on a recent day in May.A would-be thief was injured while trying to steal copper wire. A safety presentation was interrupted when a skid steer backed over a bystander.
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Beauchamp legacy helping cancer patients
By Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Local cancer patients are benefiting from the legacy of a Temiskaming Shores man.Raymond Beauchamp, better known as Bee Bee, died in July 2016 at the age of 64.Donations in his honour have enabled Temiskaming Hospital to buy a pharmacy-grade freezer.It stores a particular drug that’s
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Oldest Temiskaming resident dies in his 107th year
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Haileybury’s Bogart Leslie was 106 years of age when he passed away at the Temiskaming Lodge on Thursday, May 18.He was Temiskaming’s oldest resident.Leslie was born in Haileybury on November 26, 1910, the oldest of three children.He lived
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TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE
Only in Northern Ontario would you see a beaver stopping traffic. This beaver was spotted recently crossing Whitewood Avenue in New Liskeard at approximately 8:40 a.m. by Gerry Hogan and Inez Schmetter, who live close by and sent us this photo. They said the beaver came up Maple Street
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Growing something exciting in Englehart
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The 1st Englehart Girl Guides of Canada is leading the way in the Town of Englehart with a project to have a community garden this summer.The Sparks and Brownies (ages five to eight) have decided to establish a community garden, and
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HPS play equipment heading to Bucke Park
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The former Haileybury Public School’s loss is Bucke Park’s gain.The city is purchasing the playground units currently located in the yard of the closed school for $7,500.The equipment will be installed this summer at Bucke Park, with funds from the park’s reserve
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Enticing visitors with Lake Temiskaming passport
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Grab your passport and go…around Lake Temiskaming.This unique new passport, however, doesn’t require a photo or a fee.It encourages visitors to drop by 18 attractions in communities bordering Lake Temiskaming and the upper reaches of the Ottawa River.They include stops in Temiskaming Shores, Cobalt, Latchford,
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Cub’s cries sound the alarm for help
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter EARLTON — When Claire Proctor heard crying coming from her Armstrong Township barn recently, she never expected to see a tiny bear cub clinging to the side rafters.“I thought it was cats crying at first, then I realized it was a bear cub,” said
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Taking nutrition to the arena
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – As part of a campaign to improve children’s health, a new effort is underway to incorporate healthier choices into arena menus.“The Healthy Kids Community Challenge wants to provide our community with access to community spaces where everyone is able to make healthy choices,”
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