CHAMBERLAIN TOWNSHIP (Staff) – Aidie Creek Gardens is doing its best to prepare another Fall Fun Days event this year. Manager Jeff Warner acknowledges in an email interview that “COVID …
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Smile Cookie campaign fills a need for children
DISTRICT (Staff) — Smile cookies are not only tasty, but if purchased will benefit the annual CJTT FM Christmas Wish Campaign. From September 14 to September 20 Tim Hortons in …
Ups and Downs
• Thumbs up to those leaders who continue to work on fine-tuning the public transit system that ferries people through Cobalt and Temiskaming Shores every day. Temiskaming Transit has weathered …
The Speaker Sept 16, 2020
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Slowing down
Diane Johnston The slow food movement was born in the late 1980s – in Italy, of course – to protect unique local foods, food traditions and the pleasure of a …
Editorial cartoon for September 16, 2020 issue:
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Earlton pool season went swimmingly despite COVID-19
By Jamie Mountain Local Journalism Initiative Reporter EARLTON – The Earlton pool had a good season this summer despite the challenges it had prior to opening and working around the …
Police Blotter
Police lay weapons charges in Cobalt COBALT — Members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an altercation on Lang Street in Cobalt on Saturday, …
Transit changes proposed
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – In an effort to keep the buses on schedule, the Temiskaming Transit committee is proposing changing some routes and eliminating some bus stops. …
New Liskeard Fall Fair goes full stream ahead
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES —The New Liskeard Agricultural Society’s Fall Fair has gone virtual for the first time in its illustrious history due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We …