All Northeastern Catholic schools – including St. Pat’s in Cobalt, English Catholic Central in New Liskeard and Holy Family in Englehart – will be closed on Tuesday (Feb. 4) as … Continue reading Labour conflicts continue
Monthly Archives: January 2020
The Weekender January 31, 2020
The Speaker January 29, 2020
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Editorial cartoon Jan. 31
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Growing the population, one by one
By Diane Johnston As January draws to its dreary, desultory end, so too has any optimism I may have felt at the dawn of the new year. I’m reminded of …
Get swept up
There’s a big event happening right now in Temiskaming Shores that has connections to the earliest days of the sporting scene in this region. The Northern Ontario Curling Association (NOCA) …
OECTA planning walkout February 4
DISTRICT (Staff) – Teachers at the province’s English-language Catholic schools will stage their second province-wide walkout next week. On February 4, members of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) …
Alzheimer Society receives local help for education
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – When Gisèle Dallaire died in 2011 at the age of 72, she had been diagnosed with cancer only a few weeks earlier. But …
Film discusses healing from violence
DISTRICT (Special) – The Temiskaming District Violence Against Women Coordinating Committee (formerly the Temiskaming Domestic Violence Coordinating Committee) presents a screening of the film A Better Man on Tuesday, February …
Temagami native continues rise in U.S. navy
TEMAGAMI (Staff/Special) – A noteworthy accomplishment of an area native in 2019 was the advancement of Rear Admiral Steve Waddell to vice-commander of the U.S. Second Fleet of the United …