Funding charities now a big business
[caption id="attachment_2706" align="alignleft" width="182"] Wayne Green[/caption]Some recent deliveries by Canada Post to the Green household (yes, there is life out there beyond the world of e-mail) have altered my thoughts about the concept of
Englehart declares Freemasons Day
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- Englehart council has declared Friday, October 28 as Freemasons Day.The Temiskaming District Chapter of Freemasons is celebrating their 100th anniversary this year, and Englehart council agreed to declare the day in recognition of the ongoing contribution of the Masons.The declaration was
Targeting the many forms of elder abuse
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Elder abuse can take many forms, says the executive director of a legal clinic dedicated to low-income seniors.While physical harm may first spring to mind, “it’s much broader than that,” said Judith Wahl of the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
GRAPE HARVEST
Roger Denis, at right, harvested more than a bushel of grapes from a cutting received from Haileybury neighbour Michel Tetreault, left. It takes a few years for plant cuttings to reach the stage pictured above, said Coleman’s Larry Wiwchar. He began growing the grapes about 15 years ago and
Goosebumps and Geiger counters
Several decades have passed now during this earthly sojourn, and I have seen much, learned some, and concluded others. However, on some points, I am still thinking.This week’s C-Front takes a look at the stories that are emerging from the Bunker Military Museum about a ghost
New cross-border educational partnership expands opportunities
NOTRE-DAME-DU-NORD (Staff/Special) -- Students in both Ontario and Quebec will be able to use two educational institutions as the result of the signing of a memorandum of understanding for a new partnership.Collège Boréal in Temiskaming Shores and the Service de formation aux entreprises du Témiscamingue in Ville-Marie will
PEO SCHOLARSHIP
Julien Héroux of New Liskeard is the recipient of a scholarship from the Temiskaming Chapter of Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO). He is pictured here receiving his award from Temiskaming Chapter PEO Chair Maria Story. Mr. Héroux is currently enrolled in Chemical Engineering at Laurentian University. (Supplied photo)
No emergency access
Township working to lift weight restriction on bridgeDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HILLIARD TOWNSHIP -- Four households in Hilliard Township are experiencing limited access to and from their properties after a 5-tonne weight restriction was placed on Veley Bridge in the east part of the township.The restriction means
Scholarship campaign hits $253,500
TIMMINS (Special) – Northern College has exceeded its target for an endowment fund that it anticipates will cover entrance scholarships in perpetuity.The college recently announced that it surpassed its $250,000 goal for the Leaders of Tomorrow Campaign by $3,500.The campaign was officially launched last spring to raise
Library work
Construction has been taking place at the New Liskeard Public Library where workers from the Rivard Brothers were on the job. Temiskaming Shores Council authorized $200,000 of improvements to the New Liskeard Library including a roof replacement, repairs to its stone masonry, and stabilization of the decorative parapet wall