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Summer season brings new exhibitions and live music to Musée de la Gare
By Jamie McKenzie Left: Mathias St-Jean, Team Leader/summer student at Musee de la Gare Right: Marie-Pier Valiquette, Director of Musee de la Gare A new exhibit featuring the history of the town of Temiscaming can be seen ...
Community shows support during Unifor press conference
By Jamie McKenzie Stephane Lefebvre, President Unifor Local 233 and Daniel Cloutier, Unifor Quebec Director Recently, Rayonier Advance Materials (RYAM) announced that as of July 2024 it will indefinitely suspend operations of its High Purity Cellulose plant ...
Youth use graffiti to transform historic pipeline
By Jamie McKenzie For the last few months, youth in the Temiscaming and Kipawa area have been working on a graffiti project. Genevieve Champagne is the Outreach Worker for Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi du Témiscamingue (CJET), she worked with the ...
Back in Time with our Elders
They've guided us through this world, they've share their knowledge and wisdom, teaching us about life. Our Elder's have given us many valuable things but their stories are priceless. 13 of our Elder's from Kebaowek First Nation have shared ...
Tim Hicks headlining Saturday night at Kipawa Countryfest
By Jamie McKenzie Tim Hicks is a five-time Juno nominee and a Canadian Country Music Award winner. He made his country label debut in 2013, but has been playing music professionally for years before that. Hicks started playing music ...
Fun filled weekend of live country music
The 16th annual Kipawa Countryfest kicks off on Friday, August 18, 2023. A fun filled weekend of live country music and a family friendly festival. Throughout the weekend you can enjoy live country music from many Canadian artists, with ...
Rosewood Ave coming to Kipawa Countryfest
Rosewood Ave will be live at Kipawa Countryfest Rosewood Ave is taking small town dreams to new heights. Fate brought Dave and Sabrina together when his family was forced to move to the small town of Iroquois Falls ...
Jonny Lee coming to Kipawa Countryfest
Jonny Lee will be live at Kipawa Countryfest Jonny Lee is a singer-songwriter from Alliston, Ontario, he brings a thunderous fusion of country and rock to every stage he plays. His singles have been in CBC's Country Station ...
Kebaowek celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day
By Jamie McKenzie Women's Drum Group The heat and sun didn’t stop people from joining the celebration for Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21st at the Kebaowek ball field. The Indigenous Peoples Day celebration was put on ...
‘I really don’t think that’s what our ancestors envisioned of us,’ says Councilor about proposed nuclear disposal site
By Jamie McKenzie Current CNL site Since 2019 Kebaowek First Nation has been one of the communities involved in trying to stop the creation of a Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF) located in Chalk River, Ontario which ...
Kebaowek’s Spring Health Fair returns after three years
By Jamie McKenzie Kebaowek’s annual Spring Health Fair is on May 18th, 2023. While the health fair normally happens every year, this years will be the first one since 2019. Welcome & prizes from a previous Spring Health ...
