TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A taste of Temiskaming will be on offer at this weekend’s regional food fair in Ville-Marie.Bisons du Nord of the Earlton area and Thornloe Cheese will be among the exhibitors under the big tent at the Foire gourmande de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue et du Nord-Est ontarien.
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Our lone summer OlympianThere’s a bit of a tradition that every four years during the Summer Olympics this space and the Across The Years photo of that issue notes the achievement of this area’s only Canadian Olympian.The story of New Liskeard’s Mary Vandervliet Graydon is a sports
Fill a child’s mind with sunshine
[caption id="attachment_11944" align="alignleft" width="150"] Darlene Wroe[/caption]Summer is one of the most important times for a child, because it’s during these months that a child forms his or her first impressions of the world
Twenty Questions with James T. Paterson
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Temiskaming Shores Minor Hockey Association (TSMHA) President James T. Paterson.1. What is your full name?
Cobalt firefighters’ museum closing doors
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Firefighting artifacts from across Northeastern Ontario, and even from across Canada, will now be looking for a home.The Cobalt Northern Ontario Firefighters’ Museum is closing its doors.Board chair Roger Lapointe officially advised Cobalt council by letter
Mining competition never bore-ing
COBALT (Staff) – The annual Mining Competition in Cobalt once again struck it rich with participants and bystanders.The event took place Saturday, July 30, as part of the Civic Holiday weekend activities in town.Mining Committee chair Rochelle Schwartz noted in an email to The Speaker that the
Evanturel launches Harvest to Home market
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter EVANTUREL – The ground was a little soggy, and a couple of tents required repair after a storm the night before.But the Harvest to Home Market opened on time July 23 in the lot next to Coffee Time on Hwy. 11.“It is nice
Four in Temagami councillor race
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – In a rare municipal development, Temagami voters can cast ballots in a by-election August 18 to fill a vacant council seat.The councillor’s post has been vacant since mid-March.At that time, councillor and deputy mayor John Kenrick
Temagami leaders host discussion panel on truth and reconciliation report
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI — Have you ever wondered what the Truth and Reconciliation Report (TRR) means to you and how it will impact your life and your community?Wonder no more as an event called “Reconciliation: A local Discussion” will present a panel discussion concerning the Truth
Bracebridge firm to prepare city’s zoning bylaw
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The consolidation of zoning bylaws in the former municipalities of New Liskeard, Haileybury and Dymond has begun.Temiskaming Shores council has hired Planscape of Bracebridge to prepare the city’s first comprehensive zoning bylaw.The document will complement the city’s official plan,