A boat’s story
[caption id="attachment_11944" align="alignleft" width="250"] Darlene Wroe[/caption]Lake Ontario was wild and thrashing beneath the late December sky.The cold winter wind blew across the seething water and tucked itself in against bare necks and
Hilliardton couple raises air transport concern
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter HILLIARDTON – Delma Loach continues to recover at home after an incident with a pacemaker sent her back to Sudbury hospital.But it was the emergency air ambulance trip from Englehart and District Hospital to Health Sciences North in Sudbury that has left her husband
Legions have open doors
by Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD -- Winter can be long and lonely, but in most communities there is a place where people are welcomed whenever the doors are open.That’s the local Legion hall.There are Royal Canadian Legion halls throughout south Temiskaming:
CANADA’S BIRD
The Canadian National Geographic Society has named the Grey Jay as Canada’s bird. Many people in the Temiskaming region might know the bird as the Whiskey Jack, a trickster and a hardy bird found in the Boreal forests of the region. This photo was taken on Whitney Lake, south
Christmas Day fire
CHRISTMAS DAY FIREAt approximately 10:14 a.m. on December 25, 2016 the members of the Cobalt Fire Department (CFD) were called to extinguish a truck fire at the corner of Nickel Street and Prospect Avenue in Cobalt. The fire department determined the blaze started in the engine department according
Fishery enhancement
Environmental monitoring to continue at Latchford DamDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD -- Environmental monitoring at the Latchford dam will be taking place over the next couple of years to ensure the success of an effort to enhance a pickerel spawning bed at the site.The work to enlarge the
Campaign doused in water info
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Taking the pledge once meant swearing off alcohol.But today’s pledge drive advocates consumption…of water.The Healthy Kids Community Challenge in Temiskaming Shores is part of a province-wide effort trying to make it easier for children to choose water over sugary drinks.
