Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_7268" align="alignleft" width="500"] Limited edition lapel pins are being presented to veterans of the Second World War as part of events commemorating the seventy-fifth
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police detachment will be looking for another commander.Inspector Dan Dawson has officially announced that he’ll be retiring at the end of June, said Doug Jelly, a Temiskaming Shores councillor and chair of the Temiskaming Shores Police Services Board.A selection
This coming Saturday, March 28 , from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Spring Temiskaming Speaker Community Food Bank Drive takes place. For several years this newspaper has been leading the charge by hosting two yearly food drives, one in the fall just before the Thanksgiving
Dear Editor:I am writing this letter on Ontario Northland bus services.There was no reason to close the Englehart station and the Matheson station.How in the world are people going to be able to buy their bus ticket?I don’t understand it.I don’t understand why the
Dear Editor:As I see it, we have linked all the disasters of trains moving oil into one basket. It’s unfortunate that these things happen. The accident in Quebec wasn’t caused by the train derailment as we have seen the past month. It was plain
Dear Editor:April is Cancer Month and there will not be a door to door canvas in the Town of Englehart and surrounding townships this April.Englehart is under the direction of the Timmins branch of the Canadian Cancer Society and they chose not to do the April campaign
Dear Editor:I live in a small town and I love, love, living in my small town of Temiskaming Shores.I would like to send a dump truck full of red roses to the town employees, my plumber, and my neighbour Tracey – she’s a jewel!I was recently
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with North Eastern Ontario Family and Children’s Services (NEOFACS) Autism Behavioral Consultant Corrie Brownlee.1. What is your full name? Corrie Danielle Brownlee.2. Where were you born? Englehart, Ontario.3. What connection do you have
Spring Community Food Bank Drive on Saturday, March 28Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Hunger is a very real concern in the Temiskaming region and across the province of Ontario.According to the Ontario Association of Food Banks, 374,000 people a month use a food bank in Ontario.
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) mobile eye van visited Englehart last week as it makes its way across Northern Ontario screening, testing and educating people about eye care.The CNIB eye van, also known as the
