Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP —A fun mega hockey tournament is being planned for Earlton in 2018 with cash prizes, tickets to Ottawa Senators games and a great weekend of hockey enjoyment as the attraction.The Earlton Lions Club is organizing the tourney hoping to attract teams
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Beauchamp legacy helping cancer patients
By Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Local cancer patients are benefiting from the legacy of a Temiskaming Shores man.Raymond Beauchamp, better known as Bee Bee, died in July 2016 at the age of 64.Donations in his honour have enabled Temiskaming Hospital to buy a pharmacy-grade freezer.It stores a particular drug that’s
TSMHA names new executive for two-year term
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The board of executives of Temiskaming Shores Minor Hockey Association (TSMHA) have just ended one season of play and are looking forward to the upcoming season as they oversee the provision of minor hockey in Temiskaming Shores.At the league’s annual
Oldest Temiskaming resident dies in his 107th year
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Haileybury’s Bogart Leslie was 106 years of age when he passed away at the Temiskaming Lodge on Thursday, May 18.He was Temiskaming’s oldest resident.Leslie was born in Haileybury on November 26, 1910, the oldest of three children.He lived
Municipalities look for share of $4 million reserves
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - A long debate was held Wednesday, May 17, on the merits of allowing the District of Timiskaming Social Services Board (DTSSAB) to hold large reserves while the municipalities have little to none.The debate strayed closely to offended feelings, and assurances of
The Speaker – May 24, 2017
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Watch what you do, the OPP will too
TEMISKAMING SHORES – After a very cold spring, the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) expects to see many eager Ontarians take to the roads, trails and waterways on the Victoria Day Long Weekend.The 2017 Canada Road Safety Week Initiative runs until Monday, May 22.The focus of this
Weekender – May 19, 2017
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Chamber recognizing leading lights
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Why buy local?It keeps money in the area, where it “bounces around the community multiple times,” said Darcy Griffith, president of the Temiskaming Shores and Area Chamber of Commerce.It was part of his message to the 200-plus at the
TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE
Only in Northern Ontario would you see a beaver stopping traffic. This beaver was spotted recently crossing Whitewood Avenue in New Liskeard at approximately 8:40 a.m. by Gerry Hogan and Inez Schmetter, who live close by and sent us this photo. They said the beaver came up Maple Street