Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for the Kirkland Lake, Englehart, Temiskaming Shores and Temagami areas on May 17:Shower and thunderstorm activity affected many portions of Northeastern Ontario last evening and during the night. The activity has tapered off this morning.However, another round of rain and possible thunderstorms is
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The Speaker – May 17, 2017
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Figuring it out
Steven Larocque Speaker Editor The Ontario budget was introduced recently in the provincial legislature.Supporters of the government loved it. Or tolerated it.Opponents hated it.Budget patterns are always the same – the tough austerity measures come in the first couple of years of a mandate, things ease up a bit in the middle
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Brethour Township has new clerk-treasurer
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter BELLE VALLEE - Belle Vallee resident Cathy Beach has taken over the position of clerk-treasurer of Brethour Township.Beach replaces Pam Bennewies who has held the position for the past 12 years.Beach has been training since the first week of March and Bennewies will continue to train her until
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Building permits surge in ’16
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Interest in new development in Temiskaming Shores soared last year, when building permits were issued for almost $18.3 million in new starts and renovations.That more than doubled the $8.3 million in construction envisioned in 2015.The figures also surpassed the $18.1 million in building recorded in 2013,
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Fun-filled event chases away rainy-day blues
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- More than 200 people, including children and parents, attended the first Kids'Activity Day Englehart Public Library fundraiser on Saturday, May 6.The highly successful event saw volunteers, organizations and businesses banding together to provide hours of fun for children on an otherwise cold and rainy day.The event
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Miller Group celebrates 100th anniversary
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Historians say the year 1917 was one of the worst years in Canadian history because of the First World War, the Halifax explosion and Canadian canoeist Tom Thompson’s mysterious death on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park.But in terms of The Miller Group, 1917 was a
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Northern College investing $1.5 million in tech upgrades
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TIMMINS – Northern College is investing $1.5 million in special anniversary funding in upgraded facilities.The college is using some of the money to outfit a new integrated emergency services complex at its Timmins campus.Construction is scheduled to begin this spring.The complex will house its paramedic, police foundations, and
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Enticing visitors with Lake Temiskaming passport
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Grab your passport and go…around Lake Temiskaming.This unique new passport, however, doesn’t require a photo or a fee.It encourages visitors to drop by 18 attractions in communities bordering Lake Temiskaming and the upper reaches of the Ottawa River.They include stops in Temiskaming Shores, Cobalt, Latchford,
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Business licencing policy work continues
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It may be another two months before a proposal to regulate door-to-door sales and transient vendors returns to Temiskaming Shores city council.“We want to make sure we get it right,” said Mayor Carman Kidd after a meeting last week that drew more than 40 people
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