Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city is investing $500,000 in upgrades at the Haileybury water treatment plant intended to improve communications and save money.Temiskaming Shores council approved the project July 5.Public works director Doug Walsh said the work is the third and final phase
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Eighty years of art leadership
The eightieth birthday of Elk Lake artist Lionel Venne was celebrated at the Temiskaming Art Gallery on Saturday, July 2. Mr. Venne was honoured on his birthday for his support of the gallery through the years and also for his leadership in the art community. Gallery director/curator Maureen Steward
Nurse recognized for making a difference
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – For more than 30 years, Lynn Baldovin has been making a difference in the lives of cancer patients.Her dedication, compassion and positive approach in the day medicine program at Temiskaming Hospital, where she administers chemotherapy and helps patients navigate the cancer
From the Editor’s Desk
Mid-summer notesBack from a two-week vacation, a community newspaper editor flips through his notebook…FADS AND HABITSIncluded among the stories in this week’s Speaker is our front page story on the popularity of the Pokémon GO fad in our area.Pokémon GO is a new mobile game
Inside the Big Dipper
[caption id="attachment_11944" align="alignleft" width="250"] Darlene Wroe[/caption]Currently, as I write this, I am putting in two-and-a-half-days at work this week before claiming overtime worked to dash back to the family cabin to join
Develop a system
Dear Editor:This is an open letter to the Honourable Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health & Long Term Care.Dear Minister Hoskins:In early 2016 several cases involving non-emergency medical transportation received media attention in my riding of Timiskaming-Cochrane. Two separate cases involved seniors being left without proper transportation,
Thanking Barry and his army
Dear Editor:This letter is to commend Barry Phippen and his army of volunteers.I know that they work all year to prepare for the Bikers Reunion.We tend to forget that the real purpose of the reunion is to raise funds to help our cancer patients which
Letter of the Week
Researching rural public schoolsDear Editor:The Little Claybelt Homesteaders’ Museum is completing its research on the rural public schools of our area.We are still missing photos and information on some schools. If you could help with some of these missing pieces, would you please contact Margaret Villneff
Seasons Magazine – Summer 2016
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