Dear Editor,Humans are such a conservative creature that any change, even a change for the better, scares them, they prefer the bad old way to the new good one. Leo Shestov (paraphrased)A promise is a promise is a promise unless it comes from the mouth of Prime
Monthly Archives: February 2017
A parting tribute to “Mr. Speaker”
Dear Editor,Yes indeed, Gord. How iconic and how ironic that in parting we should meet again. Please rest assured Gord, true to heart, that we (all of us) as a community strive for excellence. We look ahead with eager anticipation for a much brighter, more self sufficient and
Make me a channel of your peace
Dear Editor,Seventeen persons gathered together at St. Paul’s United Church on Saturday evening, February 4, in a prayer vigil to remember the victims and all who are hurting in the aftermath of the recent horrendous events in Quebec City. They were people of all denominations, all faiths, all
Good decision? Not
Dear Editor,Good decision on the failure to achieve electoral reform? I think not.Surprisingly, the claim in your (February 8) editorial that “there is no evidence that the Canadian electorate want to change the way we elect our politicians” fails a test that I would expect The Speaker
Keeping our dollars at home
Shopping locally might cost a little more, and maybe it won’t turn up exactly what a person is looking for. But what it will produce is a stronger economy.Every time we purchase something that is not sold locally, or produced locally, we are sending our own
Weekender – February 10, 2017
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Goodbye and best wishes to editor Gordon Brock
This week The Temiskaming Speaker says goodbye and best wishes to editor Gordon Brock upon his retirement on February 10, 2017.Gord is originally from Maple, Ontario, and moved North to begin working at The Speaker in 1984 and has been the editor since 1985.The Speaker has
TEST RUN
At 15-second intervals, cross-country skiers – including Isaac Story-Korman – left the start gate at the Temiskaming Nordic Ski Club. But it was the officials rather than skiers who were under pressure during the recent “races.” The club’s volunteers were testing equipment and protocols as they prepared to stage
Energy East
TransCanada awaiting update on hearing restartDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter EARLTON – Proponents of the Energy East pipeline are reviewing the latest decision to restart the regulatory hearing process.TransCanada is currently evaluating the National Energy Board’s restart of the Energy East review, said TransCanada spokesperson Tim Duboyce
New Liskeard man facing multiple charges
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A New Liskeard man faces more than a dozen charges after police tried to stop a vehicle on Armstrong Street late last month.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say officers spotted an unlicensed motorist driving a sport utility vehicle on Armstrong shortly before 4