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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Weekender – April 17, 2015
Heroes in the Sky
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_7548" align="alignleft" width="500"] TemSAR member Matt Duke is pictured here on the left as a SARtech steps over the edge of the Hercules’ back
Getting on track
Public asked for ideas on ONTC futureDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) is developing a strategy to become more stable and self-efficient.Ontario Northland is staying in public hands.”-- ONTC interim president and chief executive officer Corina MooreThat was the message of ONTC
The Best Seat
TemSAR (Temiskaming Search and Rescue) member Matt Duke was well tethered in as he perched on the edge of the Hercules’ open loading ramp high in the air to film the parachute jump of two SARtech (Search and Rescue technicians) in a training flight Sunday, April 12. For more
Voice for Agriculture
Thousands take part in annual farm showDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – Chicks and calves, goats and lambs, and thousands of two-legged visitors took in this year’s farm show in Earlton.The two-day Earlton Farm Show drew an estimated 3,000 visitors, which is up about 500 from last
Hockey season never ends
The arena hockey season has wound down and these 11-year-old Puckhounds have turned to their off-season game of street hockey. Cortland Poirier (left) and Caylan Longlade, both of New Liskeard, were out enjoying the early spring weather recently. (Staff photo by Darlene Wroe)
WW II VETS
Seeking public’s assistanceSince the millennium, The Temiskaming Speaker has conducted interviews with World War II veterans. Most of these interviews were published in The Speaker’s annual Remembrance Day tabloids. These previously published articles will be put together for a book the paper plans to publish in late summer
Airport incorporation review continues
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The groundwork is being laid for the creation of a corporation that would manage and operate the Earlton-Temiskaming Regional Airport.As the region’s municipalities discuss the future of the airport, 14 have endorsed what’s known as Option A.
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From the Editor’s Desk
ODDS AND ENDSIn your head, you knew this week would finally arrive, but in your heart in February you wondered if it would ever come – i.e. the snow finally melting and the temperatures rising over the freezing mark.It’s mid-April and a community newspaper editor flips through