Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Walkouts and school shutdowns continued this week amid the ongoing labour dispute between provincial negotiators and teacher federations. District School Board Ontario North …
Monthly Archives: February 2020
Another chilly success in Earlton
EARLTON (Staff) – Just hours before Wiarton Willie predicted an early spring, people in Earlton had their Winterfest game on. The annual festival held January 31 to February 2 brought …
Hospital radiothon has heart
TEMISKAMING HOSPITAL (Staff/Special) – Temiskaming Hospital is taking its fundraising to the airwaves this weekend. Its sixth annual Valentine’s Day radiothon will run February 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 …
Canada Summer Jobs program now taking applications
DISTRICT (Special) – Employers have until February 24 to submit applications to the federal government for funding assistance to hire summer students. Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Anthony Rota is hosting information sessions …
New plan for Englehart area business openings
ENGLEHART (Staff) – In response to the closure of the Englehart Chamber of Commerce at the end of 2018, the Central Timiskaming Economic Development Board has resolved to take over …
Roads, upgrades on Coleman agenda in 2020
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter COLEMAN – Coleman Township, like other municipalities, has “our challenges,” says its mayor. “And so far, we’ve been pretty successful,” said Mayor Dan Cleroux in a …
Seeking fair library access to eBooks
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TIMMINS -Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus has joined a national movement which is calling on the federal government to respond to difficulties Canadian libraries are experiencing …
Explorer recounts his solo journey across the Arctic
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter HUDSON TOWNSHIP — Within 45 minutes of beginning his 4,000-kilometre solo canoe journey across the Canadian Arctic in 2017, adventurer/author Adam Shoalts met up with an …
North On Tap announces 2020 recipients
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The annual North On Tap (NOT) Craft Beer Festival keeps on pouring out goodness for not-for-profit groups in the South Temiskaming region. The …
The Speaker February 5, 2020
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