TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – A familiar face is returning to the regional food festival in Ville-Marie.Anita Stewart will be the honorary Ontario co-chair of the Foire gourmande de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue et du Nord-Est ontarien in August.It’s a second appearance at the festival for the renowned
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Navigateurs canteen nourishing bodies and minds
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Daily specials at a new eatery range from fruit-filled energy balls and spaghetti, to homemade muffins, hot chili and fresh fruit kebabs.But it’s tough to get a reservation – it’s open only to the population at École publique des Navigateurs.During
Canada 150 Community funding stream unveiled
DISTRICT (Special) — The Temiskaming Foundation, in conjunction with the Community Foundations of Canada has announced a new funding stream called the Canada 150 Community Fund.Community Foundations of Canada is the national network for Canada’s 191 community foundations.It is a collaborative fund set up to celebrate the
Acting on gas prices
Dear Editor:This is an open letter to the Hon. Glenn Thibeault, Minister of Energy.Re: Gas PricesDear Minister,People across Ontario, and especially the North, are being ripped off at the gas pumps.As an opposition MP you were vocal on
Just Wondering
Dear Editor:This is to the TDSS Powwow Committee (regarding recent coverage in the June 8 Speaker “Traditions shared in tenth annual TDSS Powwow” and the subsequent letter to the editor in the June 22 Speaker, “It is not a costume”).When did the modern baseball cap worn backwards
No respect for Governor General
Dear Editor:I used to have a lot of respect for Canada’s Governor General, David Johnston. As far as the upper crust goes he seemed to be an OK guy. That was until he did an interview with Peter Mansbridge on April 13, 2016.Johnson, responding to Mansbridge’s comment
Extension Underway
St-Michel undergoing $6.3 million expansionDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_12861" align="alignleft" width="500"] Board chair Roger Gregoire, at back, prepared to distribute cake to guests after the official groundbreaking for École catholique
Navigating a course
Preparing for airport authority liftoffDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP -- One final pen-stroke was required at the time this issue of The Speaker went to press to give the go-ahead for a one-year phase-in period for an airport authority for the Earlton-Timiskaming Regional Airport,