Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Should Crown land be opened to agriculture?Yes, said four Timiskaming-Cochrane provincial candidates at last week’s all-candidates’ meeting in Haileybury.Liberal Sébastien Goyer said Premier Kathleen Wynn has announced support to turn Crown land over to agricultural production.He described it as “a
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The candidates agree –Temiskaming should be included in a pilot project re-introducing a limited spring bear hunt.There was unanimity when the issue was raised at an all-candidates’ meeting in Haileybury last week.Progressive Conservative Peter Politis, also mayor of Cochrane, said his
Vote June 12On Thursday, June 12 we vote in a provincial election. Public opinion polls and pundits tell us this election is too close to call.At this time The Temiskaming Speaker continues its election tradition of not officially endorsing a candidate.We’ve never been so presumptuous to
by Wayne GreenOn the eve of Ontario's general election it must be noted that five weeks of intense campaigning by the three main political parties do not seem to have made much of an impression on the province's population. Just as they were when the Legislature was dissolved back
Councillor Appreciation Week?Dear Editor:Oh this tiresome business of regulating TownsThose plastic shelters bring out the neighbours frownsTake the darn things downIs Council’s commandTheir theme song should be, “Bring In The Clowns”Seems any neighbours complaint is all it takesFor them to
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – There may be singing, if not dancing, in the streets in New Liskeard.The New Liskeard Business Improvement Area (BIA) proposes to introduce Music in the Streets on Friday nights in July.Downtown businesses would remain open until 9 p.m. while musicians and artists would
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It’s a common refrain in the North – how can the region catch the ear of Queen’s Park?At a meeting in Temiskaming Shores last week, Timiskaming-Cochrane candidates offered their views.New Democrat John Vanthof outlined his proposal for a Northern committee that
Kap-Kig-Iwan kicking off summerDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- It’s beginning to look and feel like summer throughout Temiskaming, and nowhere is this more to be enjoyed than along the many area nature trails.Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park just outside Englehart is spectacularly beautiful with unique flora and also fauna
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter EARLTON -- Twenty-eight members of the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) will be landing at the Earlton-Timiskaming Regional Airport on Sunday, June 15 as part of an interprovincial tour.The tour group will then be having brunch at the Earlton airport hangar before heading out
Keon Vessel from Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte Marie goes airborne to get by Kapuskasing defenders in their North Eastern Ontario Athletic Association (NEOAA) semifinal game May 29. It took 10 penalty kicks from each team, this after double overtime, before the host Apollos won the game 2-1. The Boys
