Earlton Mega hockey event on thin ice
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP - The Earlton Lions Club Mega hockey tournament, planned for 2018, has been tripped up – at least for now.“There wasn’t enough interest. Once the hockey season ends it is difficult to think hockey,” Earlton Lions Club spokesperson Frank Gauthier said in a telephone interview.He had
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Student athletes take strides at OFSAA
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor BELLEVILLE – Cheyenne Henry-Robinson is now a double-medallist.She captured bronze competing in the intellectually disabled category when she finished third in the 800-metre (m) run.The Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) student posted a time of three minutes, 18.35 seconds, her personal best,
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One Foot Forward fund announces 2017 recipients
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES - The logo for the One Foot Forward movement is a footprint of Greyson Zubyck.It is appropriate given the little boy has left a big footprint in his community as the first funding recipients for the 2017
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Frog’s Breath sharpens ski chalet vision
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LORRAIN TOWNSHIP - The Tri-Town Ski and Snowboard Village celebrated a major donation toward its plans to construct a new chalet.At the end-of-season banquet at the Horne Granite Club on Saturday, June 3, board members and guests welcomed a cheque for $80,000 from the Frog's Breath Foundation
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Saints heading to OFSAA soccer championship
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — They’ve kicked their way to a provincial championship.The Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) Saints boys soccer team has
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Student athletes move on to provincial meet
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor TEMISKAMING SHORES – Gold and silver will ensure entry for local high school athletes to the provincial track and field meet this week.Students from Ecole secondaire catholique Ste-Marie (ESCSM), Timiskaming
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Ready to go at the Vandervliet Graydon track
TEMISKAMING SHORES — When race timer Tom Barker yelled out to the boys lined up for the 100-metre sprint, “Are you guys ready?” the quick reply was, “We were born ready,” which indicated the zest the athletes felt during the first major track and field meet held
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Mega hockey tournament planned for Earlton
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP —A fun mega hockey tournament is being planned for Earlton in 2018 with cash prizes, tickets to Ottawa Senators games and a great weekend of hockey enjoyment as the attraction.The Earlton Lions Club is organizing the tourney hoping to attract teams
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TSMHA names new executive for two-year term
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The board of executives of Temiskaming Shores Minor Hockey Association (TSMHA) have just ended one season of play and are looking forward to the upcoming season as they oversee the provision of minor hockey in Temiskaming Shores.At the league’s annual
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Dymond participants Get Active and damp
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – There were no bats, balls or mitts at the Dymond Recreation Park on May 13.But there were a few umbrellas and lots of pink – in honour of Mother’s Day – for the second event in the 2017 Get Active
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