Walking to End Polio event October 24
ENGLEHART (Staff/Special) -- The Rotary Club of Englehart is joining other Rotary Clubs to raise awareness about the crippling childhood disease of polio.A fundraising walk is being held in Englehart on Tuesday, October 24 in honour of World Polio Day.The Walking to End Polio Now event will take place at
Terry Fox remembered at NLPS
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It’s about 950 kilometres from New Liskeard to Thunder Bay, where cancer’s return abruptly stopped Terry Fox’s run across Canada.All that happened in 1981, long before students – and some staff – at New Liskeard Public were born.But the school set a collective goal to
Expanded program building foundation for employment
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – People sometimes need a little help to be successful in the workforce, said Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Anthony Rota.Thanks to new funding for the Temiskaming Native Women’s Support Group (TNWSG), “we’re making another step in that direction,” said the Liberal MP at the organization’s New Liskeard centre
Why Cobalt Lake needs high water level
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt council will be pursuing funding for a couple of projects to improve Teck Park.Council will be meeting for a quick half-hour session on Tuesday, October 24, at 6 p.m., just before its first meeting for the 2018 budget. At that time ideas for the park
ESCSM Intergalactic Day a far-out experience
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Staff and students at Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie (ESCSM) had an otherworldly experience recently involving blue and yellow teams of staff and students.The 6th annual Intergalactic Day, held Thursday, September 28, was a fun way for staff and students “to promote school spirit and celebrate
An immigrant story: 50 years later
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — It was fifty years ago this year that Tom and Theresa McGrory and their three wee children left their homeland of Scotland travelling to Northern Ontario as newly arrived immigrants. The year was 1967, Canada’s centennial year.In 2017, during Canada’s sesquicentennial year, discussions have taken
Celebrating the harvest in Elk Lake
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ELK LAKE - Three groups came together in Elk Lake recently to celebrate a "fantastic" crop from the second annual Elk Lake community garden.Harvested vegetables were incorporated into several tables of prepared food at the Elk Lake community hall where a free Community Fall Feast was held September
Food drive restocking shelves
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – As the area prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend, the needs of others were in the forefront one week earlier.The Temiskaming Speaker Community Food Bank Drive was held September 30.Locations across the southern district accepted donations of food, personal items and cash to support food banks
ESCSM teacher receives Teach Nutrition award
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — In this day and age of fast food and fast paced lifestyles, teaching nutrition to teenagers is an important activity and a rewarding one, as an ESCSM teacher found out.Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie (ESCSM) nutrition teacher Isabelle Peddie recently received the Teach Nutrition Award from
Repairs for New Liskeard library building
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES - Temiskaming Shores council has chosen to invest in repairs for the Carnegie building which houses the New Liskeard branch of the Temiskaming Shores Public Library.Councillor Mike McArthur noted at the city council meeting that even if the city moves the library to another location, it