Englehart High’s Kevin Rosa-McLean (right) watches the ball get loose and roll away after teammate Martin Giesen battled with Timiskaming District Secondary School’s Kyle Paige (19) for possession. The Junior game was a close battle with the visitors from Englehart edging the Saints 36-35. (Staff photo by Steven Larocque)
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Three this week
Cubs wrapping up regular seasonSteven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The playoffs are about a week away, but there’s regular season business still ahead for the New Liskeard Cubs.The Great North Midget League (GNML) team has three games remaining in their 36-game schedule before
The final pitch
[caption id="attachment_11947" align="alignleft" width="300"] Gordon Brock Speaker Editor [/caption]In September of 1984 yours truly began writing the Sportsweek column in The Temiskaming Speaker. It was the anchor column for The Speaker’s sports
Feeding tourists’ hunger for authenticity
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – What do all tourists have in common, regardless of where they’re from or where they’re going?“They eat,” says Rebecca Mackenzie, president of the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance.And every dollar that a visitor spends on locally produced foods, Ms. Mackenzie said,
WINTER BREAK
Four-year-old Rylee made a splash as she slid into the arms of her dad, Darrell Williams of Earlton, at the Waterfront Pool-Fitness Centre. Overcast skies made the pool a warm retreat late last week. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)
Eighteen break-ins
DISTRICT (Staff/Special) — The Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have been investigating 18 recent occurrences of break and enters involving cottages and boat houses located on Lake Temagami.The OPP remind the public that cottage break and enters, damage and theft are serious concerns
James names former councillor to vacant seat
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ELK LAKE – A familiar face has returned to James Township council.Henry Baker, who served as a municipal councillor from 2010 through 2014, was sworn in January 19.He fills the seat left vacant by Bruce McShane, who resigned from council late last year
A changing world
While it is important to be vigilant when witnessing events which seem contrary to an open and tolerant society, it is also important to be respectful.Social media is filled with vicious vitriol against the new American president. This is not helpful for people who are already feeling
From the Editor’s Desk
The reportersUp until the mid-1970s The Temiskaming Speaker’s editorial department was a one-man show. That “one man” being the editor. Full-time reporters weren’t added to The Speaker’s editorial department until the decade of the 1970s. Previous to that The Speaker had what were called “correspondents”. These
Englehart Winter Carnival first weekend of March 5
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The Englehart Winter Carnival is gearing up for the first weekend in March, with three days of fun planned for March 3 to 5.Teams are starting to line up and register, property owners are starting to consider their ice sculpture entries and