ENGLEHART (Staff) – Police are investigating a single-vehicle collision that occurred west of Gowganda earlier this month.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say a tractor trailer unit hauling logs overturned on Hwy. 560 about 15 kilometres west of Gowganda at about 10:38 a.m. November 7.Police say the driver, a
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Upgrades for Chamber building
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) -- A number of area projects will receive funding through the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program. One of the improvements supported through the federal funding is upgrades to the Temiskaming Shores and Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Information Centre.Federal funding of $15,500 for the
OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER
New Liskeard Chartrand’s Independent Grocer owner, Don Chartrand, presented a certificate of appreciation to outstanding Temiskaming Shores citizen George Dukovac on Thursday, November 3 outside The Temiskaming Speaker office. The recognition was in light of Mr. Dukovac’s commitment and long history of volunteer work for the community, which includes
City taking over doc recruitment funds
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city is taking over responsibility for signing agreements that offer financial incentives to new doctors coming to Temiskaming Shores.A sum of $124,000 remains in a fund allocated for physician recruitment and retention.It provides a $40,000 signing bonus to new
From the editor’s desk
Where to shop?Less than two hours after Remembrance Day services concluded in downtown New Liskeard, workers were out on Whitewood Avenue wrapping seasonal decor around the lampposts.The Christmas season in Temiskaming is officially underway.Already we see many of our businesses, either externally or internally, having their places
Ottawa vote has northern connection
[caption id="attachment_2706" align="alignleft" width="182"] Wayne Green[/caption]While Ontarians – and just about everyone else in the world – were preoccupied in recent weeks with Donald Trump’s bizarre march to victory in the United States presidential
On Remembrance
[caption id="attachment_14329" align="alignleft" width="300"] Hailey McCue[/caption]Editor’s Note: Hailey McCue is a Timiskaming First Nations resident and currently a grade 12 student at Timiskaming District Secondary School. She is taking a Co-op
Community hub
Englehart library growing in activities and numbersDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The first thing you notice on entering the Englehart Public Library is that it is completely accessible. All open-concept, the library is a space where people can easily find what they are looking for, along with a
Christmas season arrives!
Santa Claus is coming to Englehart during Christmas UnveilingDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The Christmas season is barrelling down the track to its first destination in the district this year--the good old town of Englehart.Santa Claus will be dropping in from the
Harkening back to a homesteader’s holiday season
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- The Little Claybelt Homesteaders Museum is holding a Christmas sale Friday, November 18 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, November 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.The Christmas-time event will whisk people back to an old-time Christmas, with a