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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Catholic cemetery controversy
Board states flowers and items to be removed from gravesDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES/COLEMAN TOWNSHIP -- The Cobalt-Coleman Catholic Cemetery, formerly the St. Theresa Roman Catholic Cemetery, is readying to enact a new bylaw which will require the removal of all items around the headstones, legally effective
Community Drive
New Liskeard Food Bank low on supplies as demand increasesDISTRICT (Staff) — The Temiskaming Speaker’s Community Food Bank Drive takes place this coming Saturday, October 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.When times are tough, many families, young adults, seniors, the disabled and the working poor turn to
FALL BLUR
The Temiskaming Rod and Custom Club (TRACC) and Kirkland Lake’s Team Northern Throttle got together September 27 to stage drag races for ATVs, motorcycles and snowmobiles at the Earlton airport. Drivers sped past the fall colours on a 500-foot grass field at the west end of the runway on
Preview of future plow deliberation
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD -- New purchases will be the concern of the next council, but the topic was aired at the regular meeting of Latchford Thursday, September 18 by outgoing councillor Larry Anderson who chairs the public works department.Councillor Anderson put the concept on the table
From the Editor’s Desk
Questions on the ballot[caption id="attachment_1019" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Editor - Gordon Brock[/caption]Referendums and/or plebiscites are a unique form of democracy in our part of the world.Over the years some political parties in Canada (Reform
Letter of the Week
WHY!Dear Editor:I just came from a walk on the boardwalk with all the new boards it looks great. The date is Tuesday September 23. It was a great night warm with the sun shining. I was just coming to the end of the boardwalk near CJTT, where there