Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- Englehart residents are now entering a new curbside recycling program.Eco-Logix has secured the contract to pick up recycling from Englehart residents and businesses.Residents will be placing a wide range of recyclable materials in one bin for pickup every other week, but
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Evanturel starts curbside recycling
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter EVANTUREL TOWNSHIP -- Evanturel Township will have its first curbside recycling pickup on Wednesday, January 21. The service will be provided to any township residents who have registered.Eco-Logix is providing the service for the township, and will be picking up the recycling again on
Harley names new fire chief
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter HARLEY – Harley’s new fire chief hopes to boost department numbers.Todd Maguire, a former member of the Dymond and then Temiskaming Shores department, was named Harley Township’s fire chief December 9.The department now stands at 14 volunteers – a number he hopes to
Englehart hospital lifts visitor restrictions
ENGLEHART (Special) – Visitors are welcome once again at Englehart and District Hospital.Restrictions were lifted January 12 after eight days had passed with no new cases of influenza A.But in a news release, the hospital stressed that regulations governing visitors will be enforced, and described them as
Temagami awarded assisted living services
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It’s going to be a little easier for frail seniors in Temagami to stay in their homes.The North East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) is providing $128,000 to provide assisted living services for eight high-risk seniors.It’ll mean 24-hour access to
FROSTY FITNESS
Last weekend the temperatures dipped to minus 25 degrees Celsius which meant not many people were out braving the cold. The cold weather didn’t seem to deter these three runners from getting their fitness fix on Saturday, January 10 near the New Liskeard marina. From the left are Mario
Smoother local implementation of OW and ODSP software
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- In Temiskaming, the implementation has been fairly smooth of the new software for Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program recipients, according to District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) chief administrative officer Don Studholme.But in other parts of
Mirror on Temiskaming
The Mirror on Temiskaming: Violence Against Women series, which concludes this issue, was created because we were emboldened by the widespread conversation that had begun about gender- based violence stemming from stories ranging from professional athletes to politicians to the CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi scandal.Coincidentally, the first
More than heroes…
[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe[/caption]Almost every person in this area is a hero in one way or another. Almost everyone is involved in some way, for little or no
Letter of the Week
Dear Editor:I would like to thank the Thornloe Crossroads Baptist Church congregation for their annual Bethlehem Walk.I go every year and I am very thankful.I had tears of joy when I saw it on the front page of The Speaker (issue of December 22 2014).I