Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – The Temagami waterfront was busy on the weekend, with rookie kayakers, paddlers test-driving canoes, and passengers taking a ride in a voyageur rabaska canoe.And for all the action on the water, there was a backdrop of live music.For the third consecutive year, the Temagami Canoe Festival
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – When André Hurtubise was only seven, he used his schoolboy English to translate when his francophone mother visited the anglophone doctor.“It’s an experience I have never forgotten,” the physician told the audience at Temiskaming Hospital’s annual meeting June 27.When he began practising at the hospital
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – After months of planning and a long day behind the scenes at Haileybury’s first craft beer festival, organizers weren’t tired.“It was a lot of work,” acknowledged Hugo Rivet, a member of the North on Tap organizing committee.But the success of the first-time festival left organizers
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Mouth guards will be optional for Tyke- through to Midget-level players with Northern Ontario Hockey Association (NOHA) teams this coming season.“It was a motion brought forward at our AGM by a Sudbury minor hockey league. It was felt referees were unfairly penalizing players for mouth
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD — For years, Latchford has been known as the Best Little Town by a Dam Site.It has a new distinction as the best little town by a “new” dam site.Beneath sunny skies a ribbon cutting ceremony was held on Thursday, July 13, with over 120 people in
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The Public Health Agency of Canada is collaborating with provincial public health partners, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), and Health Canada to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections in four provinces with cases of human illness linked to frozen raw breaded chicken products.The CFIA has
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A big thumbs up to The Speaker’s letter writers, to newcomers and veterans alike.Mrs. Gervais’ letter that appears this week served as inspiration for this Ups and Downs editorial that appears occasionally in this space.The Speaker would like to echo her sentiments concerning the good works of individuals like
By Darlene WroeThere's something about Cobalt.It's unique.Back in the day, when no one cared about it anymore than how much silver they could find in or on the rock there, it was subject to some pretty rough use.Decisions on where the roads would be were based on where the silver
