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,
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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
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SWINGING INTO FALL
Five-year-old Keira gets a lift from her mom, Kayla Marshall, as the Haileybury pair enjoyed a sunny Thanksgiving weekend afternoon in the New Liskeard beach park. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)
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FRANCO FLAG PRIDE
Francophone students, groups and organizations across the Temiskaming region showed their pride when they hosted their green and white Franco-Ontarian flag on the day of the flag’s anniversary, September 25. Pictured in the photo are students in Grade 7 at Ecole catholique Saint-Michel who invited ACFO Community Development Officer
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FALL CLEAN-UP
Larry Elliott of New Liskeard was among the city residents who took advantage of the amnesty program at the Haileybury landfill to do a fall clean-up. The landfill was also a drop-off point for trash cans that residents no longer need, thanks to the introduction of new bins for
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Wanted: Junior Citizens of the Year
DISTRICT (Staff) — Do you know a special young person between the ages of 6 and 17 years who has been involved in worthwhile community service?Have you witnessed that special someone who goes above and beyond for others and is making a difference in their community?If
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Cobalt connected to historic maritime disaster
COBALT (Staff) – The Town of Cobalt’s venerable historic roots were recently traced back to this nation’s most costly peacetime maritime sinking and a new museum exhibit vividly shows that connection.The Empress of Ireland was a ship that carried cargo and passengers between Canada and England beginning in
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Triangle Trail hike
Hudson Township trail marks 40th anniversaryHUDSON TOWNSHIP (Staff) — Nastawgan Trails Inc. (NTI) is leading a five-kilometre hike along the Hudson Township Triangle Trail to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the creation of the non-motorized activity trail.This trekking experience takes place on Saturday, October 25 beginning at
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Recognition for Haileybury beach visionaries
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A stormy Lake Temiskaming was a fitting backdrop as the Haileybury beach was dedicated to the memory of three men who envisioned the complex.It was on a similar day some 30 years ago that the idea of an enclosed
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Community Drive
New Liskeard Food Bank low on supplies as demand increasesDISTRICT (Staff) — The Temiskaming Speaker’s Community Food Bank Drive takes place this coming Saturday, October 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.When times are tough, many families, young adults, seniors, the disabled and the working poor turn to
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