Excellence in service
Temiskaming Shores Library receives award for technology trainingTEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) — The Ontario Library Service-North has awarded the Temiskaming Shores Public Library with an award for Excellence in Partnership and Community Capacity because of the libraries Technology Training project, which ended in June of this year.“The program was
School age, enrolment cited as HPS concerns
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – What does the transfer of grades 7 and 8 to Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) mean for the future of Haileybury Public School?It will leave the school with more unoccupied space, acknowledged Doug Shearer, chair of District
LIONS DONATION
Members of the New Liskeard Lions Club turned over $1,080 to the Timiskaming Diabetes Program (TDP) on Tuesday, October 21. The money came from the Dragon Boat races where the winning team from Nor-Arc Steel Fabricators turned their profits over to the Earlton Lions Club and they donated it
PUMPED FOR HALLOWEEN
Deven Hepworth carved his way into the Halloween spirit at English Catholic Central School. Grade 7 and 8 students exercised their creativity as they crafted jack-o’-lanterns prior to the big day. They then honed their cooking skills, roasting and salting the discarded seeds for a snack. (Staff photo by
Stocking shoeboxes with Christmas wishes
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – When thoughts turn to Christmas, “shoeboxes” rather than “stockings” may spring to mind.The 1st Temiskaming Congregational Church in New Liskeard is once again the local headquarters for Operation Christmas Child.The initiative encourages individuals, families and organizations to fill a shoebox
Celebrating Franco flag and culture
The 39th anniversary of the Franco flag was recently celebrated at École Publique Des Navigateurs in New Liskeard. The 186 students at the school, along with their teachers, held a flag-raising ceremony, a parade, and gathered in the school gym to hear the school choir sing, and to also
Checking in on CMHA services
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The Cochrane-Timiskaming branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association wants to gauge how it’s doing.Clients and their families, as well as employees, administrative staff, managers and board members have an opportunity to complete surveys about the branch’s operations and approach.To complete the survey
Teaching teachers
NLPS teacher goes to Haiti with Project OverseasTEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) — Heading to an impoverished country struggling to recuperate from a serious natural disaster might not be everyone’s view of professional development, but it was for New Liskeard Public School (NLPS) teacher Bruno Dallaire.
Northern College Social Service Worker students give back to the community
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — A group of second year Northern College (NC) Social Service Worker students are hoping to raise awareness of hunger in Temiskaming Shores when they go trick-or-treating for food donations this coming Friday, October 31.The NC students are Kayla Dinel, Melanie Roy,
Helping her community
Harvest Queen organizing upcoming fundraisersTEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) — The New Liskeard Agricultural Society Fall Fair Harvest Queen is a young woman with a social conscience and a desire to help others. Hannah Fedechko-Conroy has been busy organizing several events to help not-for-profit agencies in the Temiskaming region as