Sport Shorts
MS WalkI could not believe the community response to the first ever Mandarin MS Walk held this past Sunday along the STATO trail.It was amazing with over 170 people of all ages coming out to help raise money and awareness for people with multiple sclerosis -- plus
Straight from the hip
Just when the Canadian Football League thought any threat of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills moving to Toronto is all but a dead issue, now they face their players who want many concessions including revenue sharing which could end in a strike situation very shortly.Financial reports out of many
Sports Digest
NEOAA SOCCERThe NEOAA soccer championships for both Boys and Girls are slated for Thursday, May 29. The South NEOAA will host the playoffs for A-schools, while Double-A play in the Central division. Teams and times to be determined.GET ACTIVEThe next Get Active in Temiskaming walk/run will
Making a Splash
Waterfront Pool Fitness Centre marks 25th anniversarySue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Time flies when you’re having fun— and there has been a great deal of fun had at the area’s largest fitness facility, the New Liskeard Waterfront Pool/Fitness (WPF) Center over the last quarter-century.This year
Bernat’s buddies
Local MMA fighter inspiring studentsSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES —In the ring, Matt Bernat is slim, fast, and aggressive with a serious passion for MMA fighting. His job is to look scary and tough, but despite his tattoos, shaved head and aggressive approach to fighting, he is turning
Carter Antila Memorial Skate Park nears completion
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — A skate park that has been in the works for almost three years is now nearing completion.The Carter Antila Memorial Skate Park is scheduled to be completed by the end of June, if the weather holds out.Excitement has been building ever
Players have good days and “knights” at Franco Chess tourney
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Ecole catholique Ste-Croix in Haileybury made all the right moves when they hosted the Tournoi d’échecs franco-ontarien chess tournament May 8-10.Hundreds of players from French-language schools across Ontario participated in the event.“I am proud to announce that the Ste-Croix team in the Grade
ROOKIE RIDE
Eight-year-old Ashtyn Heroux of New Liskeard took part in his first mounted games on the weekend, retrieving an empty milk carton from atop a pole and then dunking it. Lending a guiding hand to the young competitor was 16-year-old Emma Bernstein of Haileybury. The May 18 games in New
Sport Shorts
THANK YOU Speaker Reporter Sue NielsenI’d like to thank all the people who commented on my Sport Shorts column from last week.It truly is an honour and a privilege to know so many people actually took the time to read my column.If there’s one thing a newspaper
Season kick off
Tri-Town Soccer Club ready to roll on May 27Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The start of the Tri-Town Soccer Club season has been delayed a week due to foul weather and wet field conditions, but players will finally get their kicks the week of May 27