Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – University studies, family life and career took Vivian Hylands Hostetler from Cobalt to Boston, Denver and Palo Alto, and then Ottawa.In 1990, she returned to Cobalt, where she became a passionate advocate for the preservation of the community’s history.But her interests extended beyond Cobalt into

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Jenn Tonkin of Cobalt was eight months pregnant, expecting her second child, when she was rushed by ambulance to the Temiskaming Hospital while suffering severe pain.She was immediately transferred to a Sudbury hospital where an emergency C-section was performed.Her baby boy, Aiden Marcus, was delivered

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter NEW LISKEARD - The Spectrum Alliance at Timiskaming District Secondary School is a group of students who provide support and friendship to teens who have identified as LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer), and also seek allies in the school and the larger community.Two years ago the group

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - Grade 9 English Academic students at Englehart High School are putting their best feet forward.The class has initiated a project encouraging people to bring in their unneeded shoes or boots if the footwear might be suitable for someone else to use.The project, called If The Shoe

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COLEMAN TOWNSHIP - The Algonquin Regiment Army Cadet Corps was in Coleman Township recently to hone their skills.They performed navigation and trekking training May 4-6 at the Temiskaming Nordic Ski Club.There was still snow in places on the ground and in the bush around the club as 103

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Just imagine: a train derailment near McCamus Avenue in New Liskeard is leaking fuming sulphuric acid.The substance is corrosive and/or toxic, and exposure – by inhalation, consumption or contact with the skin or the eyes – may cause severe injuries, burns or death.Should residences and

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - Two Englehart churches have successfully joined together.The Englehart Emmanuel United Church and St. Paul's Presbyterian Church are now working together as one congregation and are seeing many benefits out of the amalgamation, say two church elders.The congregation of 50 to 60 people are now meeting in

EARLTON (Staff) — With churches closing across the province and locally, there is one church that has stood the test of time.The Saint-Jean Baptitste Parish in Earlton is celebrating a century of catholic faith on Sunday, June 17.On this occasion, the Theatre Troupe Gouille