by Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD -- Winter can be long and lonely, but in most communities there is a place where people are welcomed whenever the doors are open.That’s the local Legion hall.There are Royal Canadian Legion halls throughout south Temiskaming:
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Donation gives big lift to 701 canopy
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- Arlie Smith of Englehart has given the 701 steam-engine canopy project a large donation.The construction of the canopy will now be getting underway in the spring.701 Steam Engine Restoration Group chair Bud Colquhoun thanked Mrs. Smith for the $10,000 donation,
CANADA’S BIRD
The Canadian National Geographic Society has named the Grey Jay as Canada’s bird. Many people in the Temiskaming region might know the bird as the Whiskey Jack, a trickster and a hardy bird found in the Boreal forests of the region. This photo was taken on Whitney Lake, south
SANTA LOVE
Santa arrived at the Latchford Community Centre to the delight of the children and adults attending the Latchford Tree Lighting Ceremony on Friday, December 9. From the left sitting on Santa’s lap are Samuel Briand and his sister Emily Briand. This photo originally appeared in The Speaker’s December 21,