Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter NORTH BAY – A new initiative to protect people who have a tendency to wander is being discussed in Temiskaming Shores.Project Lifesaver is a voluntary localization system, explains Josée Robichaud, Autism Ontario North/North East's family support coordinator based in North Bay.A child or adult who wanders – someone
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Students and staff smash pumpkins and stigmas at EHS
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART — Smashing pumpkins at Englehart High School (EHS) post-Halloween was an event to end stigma about anxiety and mental illness and ease stress.And it worked judging by the massive mess that resulted when students enthusiastically smashed pumpkins outside the main doors of the school.“We had overwhelming success
The Speaker – November 21, 2018
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Politics: a contact sport
The road to rebuild
Throughout the area, officials and others interested in the working of municipal organizations are deeply concerned for Evanturel Township council and staff after the devastating fire of Sunday, November 11.The fire gutted the township office and garage and destroyed many pieces of road equipment, including a new grader.The decision to
Odds and ends
By Steven LarocqueSome thoughts the day before heading out on the final week of vacation of 2018:GOOD DECISIONThe good burghers of Calgary made the right decision by rejecting, in a plebiscite, the drive to once again host the Winter Olympics.The November 13 result showed (an unofficial) 56 per cent against