Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — It’s been a great way for students to improve math skills and socialize at the same time.The Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) Cribbage Club for Grade 9 students meets twice monthly in the school cafeteria to play cribbage (crib).This is
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ESCSM students set precedent for Spread the Word campaign
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — It’s a first for Canada.The Spread the Word to End the Word Campaign (held annually on March 1) took on a noteworthy twist at Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie (ESCSM) recently when it was the first known French-language campaign held in North
Consumer info for Nutrition Month ’17
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – Temiskaming isn’t getting enough vegetables and fruit.“Only 38 per cent of Timiskaming residents are consuming five or more fruits and vegetables each day,” said Kerry Schubert-Mackey, the Timiskaming Health Unit’s director of community health, in a media release.But they have important health benefits.
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Students making the cut
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART – You’ve got six hours to get the job done.That was the directive to carpentry students from Englehart High, Timiskaming District Secondary, and Timmins High and Vocational last week.And their job?Constructing doghouses, benches and end tables with wood inlay –
Englehart children helping Kenyan children
ESCSM Honour Roll
District (Staff/Special) – The following is the Honour Roll for the first semester of the 2016-17 year at Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie.Students must have an average of 80 per cent or higher to be on the Honour Roll.The names and spellings and order of the students on
TDSS closes the book on school library
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — There was a time before the Internet, when children gathered among shelves of books to study and or dream while being assisted by a teacher-librarian who would help guide students imaginations to far off places through encyclopedias, novels and other texts.The
City calls for rural school closure suspension
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – City council is joining a call for the province to put a moratorium on rural school closures until it has rewritten accommodation review guidelines.On February 21, city council endorsed appeals from Prince Edward County, on the eastern end of Lake Ontario,
Striking a chord
Students at New Liskeard Public School are enjoying learning to play tunes on ukuleles. The musical instruments, which were purchased last year, were recently being reintroduced to students. Pictured here are Logan Broderick, Grade 4 (left) and Leen Khayzuran, Grade 5. (Staff photo by Darlene Wroe)
Library gets 12 new books on local life and history
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Local historian Florent Héroux has now written 12 books on area history, including genealogy, all including interesting, colourful and often little known facts that bring the region to life.All books to date have been written in French and four include English