Temiskaming’s non-urgent patient transfers status quo for nowDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- North East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) senior officer of policy and health Philip Kilbertus hopes there will be some sort of system implemented within the year to help in the Temiskaming area with
Monthly Archives: August 2016
Growing the game
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="13666,13667,13668,13669"]TEMISKAMING SHORES — In an effort to grow the game of golf, to develop the game through fun, grassroots golf initiatives, the Haileybury Golf Club (HGC) has just wrapped up another successful Junior golf program.Upwards of 25 golfers played a three-hole course wrap
Forest fire help sought
NORTH BAY (Staff) – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is asking for the public’s help to identify who was responsible for a fire north of Temagami.The ministry said the fire, located in the Red Squirrel Lake area and designated North Bay 44, was lit
Ron Prefasi wins Temagami by-election
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – Former Temagami reeve and councillor Ron Prefasi will be returning to this municipality’s council table as a result of last Thursday’s (August 18) by-election.Mr. Prefasi defeated runner-up Paul Middleton by a 457 to 395 vote margin in a four-person race. The two other candidates’ vote
Police seeking public’s help in fire investigation
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Police are appealing to the public for information as they investigate what they’ve termed a suspicious fire in Cobalt last week.On August 16, a late-night fire at 32 Baker Street destroyed a camper and caused some damage to a residence.The Cobalt Fire Department
DUCK DYNASTY
This friendly family of mallard ducks gathered to enjoy the steady stream of rain that fell recently on Lake Temagami. Ducks have a special oil-producing gland near their tail that spreads their outer coat of feathers with a waterproof substance. Underneath the outer feathers they have a layer of
Cigarette suspected as cause of grass fire
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – A discarded cigarette is suspected to have caused a grass fire west of Haileybury earlier this month.Two passing motorists spotted the fire at the intersection of Highway 11 and the former Highway 558 at around 11:30 a.m. August 9 and immediately called 9-1-1.The
From the editor’s desk
The Temagami VoteUnder mostly sunny skies and warm temperatures , voters on Thursday, August 19 in Temagami voted in a municipal by-election. Records show this was the first municipal by-election ever in our region.Temagami municipal clerk Elaine Gunnell on election night told The Speaker voter
A song of summer cheer
Sometimes there is just no better way to say something.The songwriters, with the addition of uplifting music, so often come up with exactly the right sentiment, or observation, about life and what it is to be human.Nat King Cole nailed it with his 1963 song Roll Out
“Culture coming back”
Truth and Reconciliation discussion held in TemagamiDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI -- Several members of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai were among a gathering of more than 60 people who met at the Bunny Miller Theatre in Temagami Sunday, August 14, to discuss Truth and Reconciliation.A five-person panel of