Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY — The Haileybury Devost Val- Mart grocery store, which has a long reputation of taking care of the grocery needs of the residents of Haileybury, Cobalt and other communities in south Temiskaming, will close its doors on January 30, 2016.The store is part
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Two New Liskeard residents face multiple charges after police say drugs with an estimated street value of $15,000 were recovered.Members of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau’s North Bay drug unit, supported by Temiskaming OPP officers, searched an Armstrong Street residence November
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Two New Liskeard men face multiple charges after what police describe as many break-ins and thefts around the area.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say they responded September 30 to the first of many break-ins and thefts at commercial, municipal and private properties.After a
The Christmas season in Temiskaming is officially underway.Already we see many of our businesses – either externally or internally – having their places of work decorated in the seasonal adornments. The week or two after Remembrance Day seems to be the time when many of our residences
[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe[/caption]A community newspaper may seem like a collection of small and unrelated items, but for the reporters gathering the stories, a theme begins
Dear Editor:On behalf of all the veterans who attended the ribbon cutting of the book, Survivor Diaries, on November 7, 2015, I wish to thank Lois Perry and Gordon Brock for the fine job of publishing and printing of the book. It was great to see so many
Dear Editor:As we gathered at the cenotaph to honour and respect those who suffered and gave their lives for our freedom, there were some in the gathering that left their respect at home.Their talk was so loud, it disrupted those standing near them.In the future it
Dear Editor:This is an open letter from Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath to Premier Kathleen Wynne regarding asset sales.Dear Premier:Ontarians deserve to know if the Liberal government is planning to sell more of their public assets. I am writing because I am concerned that senior Liberal
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with PhD candidate/Wildlife Biologist and Ornithologist Maggie MacPherson. She is a former Timiskaming District Secondary School Terra program student
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TOMSTOWN -- At the Matheson Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies district convention, a quilt created by Kathy Scott of Tomstown was awarded first-place for hand-quilting on an applique quilt.The first-place position makes her eligible to send the quilt on to the provincial convention in
