Dear Editor:This is an open letter to the westbound transport driver on the West Road in Haileybury the night of Thursday July 28, shortly before midnight.No thanks to you, I, as well as my car, survived our encounter with you without a scratch.I don’t know
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Dear Editor:This is regarding the cartoon in the July 20 Speaker:I have sent your Blue Jays cartoon of Kitty Cohen to my friend Leigh in North York to pass on to Kitty whom I know as a tap dancer. I was taken aback to see her featured
After the Bikers Reunion
Dear Editor:During the last Bikers Reunion I spoke to many of the bikers as I took Misty on her many daily walks through the camp grounds.Every biker I spoke to expressed their disappointment at this being the last reunion.Other bikers mentioned that different locations were being
Recognition
Heritage designation for Ottawa River SystemDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – For thousands of years, the Ottawa River system was used by indigenous peoples for travel and trade.It was a route to further explore Canada, and then to exploit fur and timber resources.Today, it provides power,
Our summer fad
Hunting the wild PokémonDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Lois Weston-Bernstein was intrigued when she saw the same vehicle circling the chamber of commerce parking lot half a dozen times one day last week.“People are in our parking lot catching Poké balls,”-- Lois Weston-BernsteinIt turns out
Mud, struts and glory
Stan Martin Memorial offers good, dirty funDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="13314,13312"]CHARLTON – How much mud was there at the twenty-third annual Stan Martin Memorial Mud Bog?Almost too much.“We were pumping out since yesterday afternoon,” said Nicole Loach, an event organizer, a couple of
A unique and inspiring setting drawing artists
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="13309,13310"]WHITEFISH FALLS -- About 3.5 billion years ago, nature conspired to establish a range of white quartzite mountains in what is now known as Northern Ontario.At the time, they were higher than the present-day Rocky Mountains. Time and natural events have brought them
TO AIR IS HUMAN
Roy Smith, left, helped Dave McInall prepare a remote-controlled air cadet tow plane for flight at TARMAC’s annual Fun Fly on the weekend. TARMAC – the Temiskaming and Region Model Aircraft Club – was chartered in 1982 and operates an airfield on Hwy. 569. Anyone interested in the world