The 15th annual New Liskeard Public School (NLPS) Cake Contest is a delicious fundraiser with over 85 cakes being created in some very unique ways. Parents purchase the cakes for $10 each and then students get to taste the cake creations, says NLPS Principal Gavin Date. Proceeds from the
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TIMMINS – The Northeastern Catholic District School Board and its teachers have a new three-year collective agreement.The previous year was a challenging one, said board chair Rick Brassard, an Englehart trustee, in a news release announcing ratification of a new contract.But with provincial
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Training regimens vary – aerobic exercise, weight training, in the pool, on the track, on the court.For Jarod Hillman, training meant pulling a math test off the Web every couple of weeks.The Grade 10 student at Timiskaming District Secondary School
Board to decide school’s fate in MarchDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It’s not a foregone conclusion that Haileybury Public School will close, say officials with District School Board Ontario North East.“The decision has not been made,” said Pearl Fong-West, the board’s superintendent of
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT — St. Patrick School in Cobalt is leading the way with a new wellness program provided for children through the Healthy Kids Community Challenge.The Sixty Minute Kids’ Club (60MKC) is a national registered charity which St. Patrick principal Lorie Hurtubise became aware of
TIMMINS (Special/Staff) – Some local school boards are looking ahead to a new school year.The Northeastern Catholic District School Board and District School Board Ontario North East (ONE) are seeking the public’s views on the 2016-17 school calendar.The calendar sets the dates when classes
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT — Cobalt council has supported a resolution calling on the District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) to freeze the wages of non-unionized salaried employees for two years.The following evening, Englehart council threw the resolution out.The resolution was being circulated from
Rick Brassard of Englehart, seated at centre, was recently acclaimed to a ninth consecutive term as chair of the Northeastern Catholic District School Board. Pictured above at the board’s inaugural meeting December 11 are, standing from left, trustees Peter Del Guidice, Steve Malciw, Fred Salvador, Martin Drainville, Ron MacInnis,
New JK-12 school proposedDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – School board administrators have recommended that a new, consolidated school be built in New Liskeard for junior kindergarten through Grade 12.But if the province doesn’t come up with the money, they’re proposing the closure of
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – As the board considers the future of Haileybury Public School, the school’s history and a look at future options are outlined in a report on the board’s website.Haileybury Public was constructed in the mid-1920s, after its predecessor was destroyed in the 1922 fire. A
