Temporary closure of Highway 562 on Sunday, Sept. 13THORNLOE (Special) — The Ministry of Transportation, in cooperation with the ONR, hereby gives notice to the public that Highway 562 in Thornloe will be temporarily closed in order to complete necessary upgrades to the railway crossing.Highway 562 in Thornloe will be
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Quiet sex ed protest staged at MPP’s office
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter It’s the sections related to sexuality that have drawn protests.TEMISKAMING SHORES – In some Ontario communities, sign-toting protesters showed up at MPPs’ offices last week to loudly express their opposition to new sex education curriculum.In New Liskeard, half a dozen people with
FAIR BEARS
Six-year-old Jackson Alyea, left, and his eight-year-old brother Jacob came from Sesekinika to take in all the best that the Charlton Fall Fair offered – including face-painting and a teddy bear picnic. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)
“Lost in the airwaves”
Questions about Gillies Limit South 911 serviceDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter GILLIES LIMIT SOUTH -- Gillies Limit South property owners without road access continue to express concerns about fire coverage.They are also concerned about the 911 service in the area.The area receives fire coverage
UNDER INVESTIGATION
Investigation is continuing into a collision with a train last week that sent a 38-year-old New Liskeard man to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police were called to the Golf Course Road crossing outside New Liskeard at around 8:20 a.m. Thursday September 3. Police say a westbound
Mike Beaupre
New chief for Latchford Fire DepartmentDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD -- The Latchford Volunteer Fire Department has a new fire chief.Mike Beaupre has over twenty years of experience as a Latchford firefighter, and has served as captain as well as previously serving as fire chief in years
Returning to its roots
Temiskaming Plowing Match takes place September 11-13Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — On a damp, drizzly day in 1999, the earth in Casey Township was moved when the Temiskaming Plowing Match was originally launched.Seventeen years later, in 2015, the annual Temiskaming Plowing Match (TPM) is returning September
From the Editor’s Desk
The ignored demographicLast week The Temiskaming Speaker ran an editorial from Newspaper Canada. Newspaper Canada is a joint initiative of the Canadian Newspaper Association and the Canadian Community Newspaper Association (CCNA) representing community newspapers across Canada. The editorial lamented that the federal government, via taxpayers’ dollars, does
What’s the point?
Dear Editor:During the run up to the October 19 election, this is a question I think we need an answer to:What is the point of Mr. Mulcair making all those child care positions available when there are no jobs paying decent wages to all the women who
Keep the stations open
Dear Editor:I am writing this in regards to the train stations in New Liskeard, in Matheson and in Englehart.There was no reason to close the station in Englehart and Matheson. I don’t think the New Liskeard station should be closed on Sundays and Saturdays. There is no