Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT – A long sought-after property cleanup took place Monday, November 9, in Cobalt. Bylaw officer Pete Gilboe said the cleanup of two adjacent properties, one …
Monthly Archives: November 2020
Englehart speed limit signs up
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART – Signs have been going up in the Town of Englehart to remind drivers that the speed limit is 50 kilometres an hour. At Englehart’s …
New music video rooted in Temiskaming
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Where better to film a music video for a song called “Haunted” than an empty, dilapidated theatre? And when better to release it …
Mayor defends council from attacks
COBALT (Staff) – Cobalt Mayor George Othmer says that lately Cobalt council has had “a lot of abuse inflicted (and) it has to stop.” Referring to social media statements, he …
Remembrance Day
The Speaker comes out this year on Remembrance Day and the usual observances have been drastically cut back because of the COVID-19 pandemic. If you weren’t able to get out …
One memory of the faces behind the numbers
Diane Johnston The numbers are staggering. Of the 650,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders who served during the First World War, more than 66,000 died and more than 172,000 were injured. Around …
Editorial cartoon for November 11, 2020 issue:
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Police Blotter
Motorist charged HUDSON – A Notre-Dame-du-Nord, Quebec, resident faces charges after a single vehicle collision in Hudson last week. Temiskaming OPP responded to the scene of a rollover on Highway …
Toppled tombstones a mystery
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Toppled headstones lying in the bush. A blazed trail marking the location. A menacing sign warning visitors. It all might have been deemed …
Five cases confirmed in COVID-19 outbreak at mine
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – As of Monday, the number of cases linked to a COVID-19 outbreak at the Young-Davidson mine outside Matachewan stood at five. The outbreak …