Impressive generosity
Weather can’t trip up long-running WalkathonSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_2670" align="alignleft" width="500"] These Timiskaming District Secondary School students walked together from New Liskeard to Cobalt during the annual Community Living Walkathon Saturday, May
FALCON BIRDIE
English Catholic Central School Falcons Brayden D’Arcey, left, and teammate Jonathan Acland teamed up at the recent District School Board Ontario North East badminton tournament. Hosted by New Liskeard Public School, the tourney was open to players from Grades 7 and 8. All area schools, including Kiweetin Public from
SOCCER SEASON
The next Tri-Town Soccer Club season is not too far away and thanks to a $1,000 donation from Chartrand’s Your Independent Grocer, the season will get off on the right foot. The store raised $500 through customer donations and then matched those funds. The Club then donated the money
SEEKING LACROSSE PLAYERS
The Tri-Town Lacrosse Association (TTLA) hosted a registration and information booth recently at the Horne Granite Centre. Rory Moore from the TTLA said they are looking to fill several spots in each age category, but was pleased that local women are expressing an interest in playing the sport of
Get Active back with Dymond walk/run
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The second of five Get Active in Temiskaming runs/walks for 2014 takes place on Saturday.The May 10 event gets underway at the Dymond Ball Park with the Toddler 100 metre dash at 9:30 a.m. followed by the one-kilometre (km) kids’ run or walk at
Sport Shorts – Number 1403
Number 1403I was Number 1403 in last weekend’s Community Living Walkathon and it was indeed a privilege to support this very worthy cause.I had been up most of the night before with a nagging toothache and when the sun came up I debated whether to
Sports Digest
ZUBYCK MEETThe Gord Zubyck Memorial Relay Track Meet will be held Wednesday, May 7, at the Mary Vandervliet Graydon Track at Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS).FRANCO-ONTARIO CHESS TOURNEYAll French-language schools in Ontario have been invited to attend the Tournoi d’échecs franco-ontarien chess tournament being held at
GNML expands with addition of the Soo and more games
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It’s a back to the future kind of season shaping up for the Great North Midget League (GNML).The Triple A Midget association is working on getting seven teams up and running for 2014-15, again, and increasing the workload for players, again.The
Straight from the Hip
After watching the results of round one of the National Hockey League playoffs which ended in disaster for San Jose and St. Louis (who were supposed to go a lot further than predicted) I’ve come to this conclusion: it’s no longer an honour to be an NHL owner, general
Nordic News
By Lynn Gibson, TNSC Public Relations DirectorWhat a difference one week makes in the amount of snow that disappears. It’s hard to believe some people were still skiing 10 days ago at the Temiskaming Nordic Ski Club (TNSC)!Get ActiveThe next Get Active