Trails, scenery, fun
Kap-Kig-Iwan kicking off summerDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- It’s beginning to look and feel like summer throughout Temiskaming, and nowhere is this more to be enjoyed than along the many area nature trails.Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park just outside Englehart is spectacularly beautiful with unique flora and also fauna
TLC students trekking to Toronto
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The Timiskaming District Secondary School Transitional Learning Community (TLC) 140 group of students have raised enough money to trek to Toronto in what some might call a “dream trip”.The students in Jill Plaunt’s class were highly motivated to raise
UNDER PRESSURE
Temiskaming Hospital now has an upgraded tourniquet system, thanks to a successful application from New Liskeard Branch 33 to the Royal Canadian Legion’s charitable foundation. The portable system, designed for use in the emergency department or the operating room, can stem blood flow after a traumatic injury or precisely
E-WASTE SUCCESS
The Environmental Club at New Liskeard Public School (NLPS) has successfully raised money from an e-waste electronics collection program held April 21-25. People in the community dropped off used e-waste that filled two large bins outside the school said NLPS teacher Kelly Anne-Moar. All proceeds go towards green initiatives
“An untapped market”
Overhaul proposed for Cobalt signage Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Cobalt community development officer Brandon Christo is proposing “a complete overhaul” of the town’s signage.With an estimated cost of over $40,000 for the upgrades to the signage throughout the town, an application is being made to FedNor’s
Englehart considering recycling options
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- Englehart council will be considering its options in the days ahead on the matter of recycling. Council will be meeting again Monday, May 26, and clerk-treasurer Sue Renaud said it is hoped that a decision will be made then.Council has officially notified
Cobalt hears of Smart and Caring Community program
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- As part of the celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, Governor-General David Johnston is promoting the Smart and Caring Community program.His objective, as patron of the Community Foundations of Canada, is that every community have access to a community foundation for funding
TEN YEARS OF WALKING
Over one hundred walkers of all ages strolled along the New Liskeard boardwalk and STATO trail during the 10th annual Centre du Santé Communautaire du Témiskaming’s Lunch Hour Walk on Thursday, May 8. The walkers formed the number 10 outside of the CSCT May Street offices before heading out
RESPECTFUL YOGA
A partnership between the Ecole publique des Navigateurs parent council, the New Liskeard Centre de Santé communautaire and Temiskaming Child Care has Grade 4-5 students at the school stretching their bodies and minds to be more respectful of themselves and each other. They are taught yoga poses by Yoga
FIELDING WORK
On the agricultural front, a late spring has meant a slow start for the 2014 season. Victoria Day weekend found agronomy research technician John Kobler cultivating test plots at the New Liskeard Agricultural Research Station. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)