MILLION-DOLLAR WIN
New Liskeard’s Andre Rondeau became an instant millionaire when he scratched a winning Instant $100,000,000 Diamond Payout ticket. “I thought my heart was going to beat right out of my chest,” he told staff at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto where he collected his winnings. “It was all
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Twenty Questions with Nicki Galley
èßäAV Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with New Liskeard resident Nicole (Nicki) Galley, a courageous woman who was badly injured in a motorcycle mishap. 1. What is your full name?Nicole Diane Gagne Galley2. Where were
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First-place quilt
Dorothy Knight of Dack Township opened the door of her home to visitors during the Englehart Area Artists Open Door Studio Tour Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27. She showed visitors her quilts, sewing, knitting, and also her baking. She is pictured here with her Sampler Quilt hanging
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Celebrating Franco-Ontarians
The first of five official Franco-Ontarian flag-raising ceremonies in Temiskaming, organized by ACFO (Association Canadienne-Française de l’Ontario) Temiskaming took place at 9 a.m. at the Armstrong Township municipal office with students and teachers from l’École catholique Assomption present, along with township dignitaries and members of the Armstrong Township Fire
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Twenty Questions with Shaelyn Turcotte
èßäAV Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with the 2015 New Liskeard Agricultural Society Fall Fair Harvest Queen, Shaelyn Turcotte.1. What is your full
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Temagami stop for Lee Harvey Osmond
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – A stalwart of the Canadian music scene is coming to the Bunny Miller Theatre in Temagami. Lee Harvey Osmond – headed by Tom Wilson, also one of the three singer-songwriters who make up Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – will perform September19.The concert comes just months after the release of Beautiful Scars in April. It’s
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New Liskeard Fall Fair this weekend
èßäAV Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — This weekend’s New Liskeard Fall Fair coincides nicely with the fall harvest in the District of Temiskaming. The three-day fall fair extravaganza is a celebration of rural life and the surrounding agricultural community that is so vital to the Temiskaming economy and way of life. The New Liskeard Agricultural Society New
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FAIR BEARS
Six-year-old Jackson Alyea, left, and his eight-year-old brother Jacob came from Sesekinika to take in all the best that the Charlton Fall Fair offered – including face-painting and a teddy bear picnic. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)
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Returning to its roots
Temiskaming Plowing Match takes place September 11-13èßäAV Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — On a damp, drizzly day in 1999, the earth in Casey Township was moved when the Temiskaming Plowing Match was originally launched.Seventeen years later, in 2015, the annual Temiskaming Plowing Match (TPM) is returning September
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20 Questions with Lois Pollard
èßäAV Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with author and former Highway Book Shop owner, Lois Pollard.1. What is your
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