Thousands spring to Earlton Farm Show
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – Chicks and rabbits, goats and lambs, calves and an estimated 3,000-plus human visitors turned out for the Earlton Farm Show.Attendance at the two-day show was up a little from 2015, said Norm Koch, a member of the show’s organizing committee.Crowds toured
One step closer
CREST refugee family expected soonSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — It is likely only a matter of days or weeks before a CREST sponsored Syrian refugee family will call Temiskaming their home.The Community Refugee Engagement South Temiskaming (CREST) humanitarian group says mounds of paperwork have been filed and the
Riverbank slides into Wabi
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A big chunk of riverbank now sits in the Wabi, a short distance from the bridge on Golf Course Road.All was normal at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, said landowner Danny Desjardins.But at 8:30 a.m. the next day, he
HPS closing June 30
Board approves students’ transfer to NLPSDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Haileybury Public School will close at the end of June, and its students will head to New Liskeard in September.The accommodation review process looking at the future of the Haileybury elementary school ended March
A legacy of love
Zubycks’ son’s death inspires One Foot Forward FoundationSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Through loss and love, New Liskeard residents John and Shelly Zubyck are building a legacy to honour their two year-old son Greyson’s memory and to keep his spirit alive.
Wind dies down
Lorrain turbine towers proposal rejectedDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LORRAIN TOWNSHIP -- A proposal for the construction of wind turbines on Crown land in Lorrain Township has been rejected.Since 2012, wpd Canada Corporation, based in Mississauga with its parent company in Germany, has been investigating and developing a
Cattle lost in Earlton barn roof collapse
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – Up to a dozen cattle were killed and a large dairy operation put on hold when a section of roof collapsed at a barn outside Earlton on the weekend.The cause of the roof collapse on March 5 hasn’t been determined, said dairy
Olive David turns 105
Oldest woman in Temiskaming doesn’t “worry about life”Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — She was treated like a celebrity and almost everyone in the room wanted to have their picture taken with her.Haileybury Extendicare Tri-Town resident Olive David was hugged and kissed and treated like
Board staff recommend HPS closure, new JK-12 school
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TIMMINS – As trustees move toward a decision on the fate of Haileybury Public School next month, school board administrators are recommending that it close at the end of June and its students be transferred to New Liskeard Public School.In a second recommendation, they’re
Double Fatality
Two teens killed in Highway 11 crashSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say two teens are dead as a result of a motor vehicle collision between a car and a tractor-trailer that happened in Armstrong Township on