Research and opposition continueDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LORRAIN VALLEY -- EDF EN Canada,one of two wind turbine companiesthat have been considering the LorrainValley area for a wind turbine site,has decided not to submit an applicationat this time to the IndependentElectricity System Operation (IESO)Large Renewable Procurement (LRP)request for proposals.Wpd Canada, in
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Quiet sex ed protest staged at MPP’s office
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally appeared in the September 9 issue of The Speaker. It is being reprinted here as a large section of the story was inadvertently deleted in last week’s issue.TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – In some Ontario communities, sign-toting protesters showed up at MPPs’ offices to loudly express their opposition to new sex education curriculum.In New Liskeard, half a
Temagami stop for Lee Harvey Osmond
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – A stalwart of the Canadian music scene is coming to the Bunny Miller Theatre in Temagami. Lee Harvey Osmond – headed by Tom Wilson, also one of the three singer-songwriters who make up Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – will perform September19.The concert comes just months after the release of Beautiful Scars in April. It’s
New Liskeard Fall Fair this weekend
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — This weekend’s New Liskeard Fall Fair coincides nicely with the fall harvest in the District of Temiskaming. The three-day fall fair extravaganza is a celebration of rural life and the surrounding agricultural community that is so vital to the Temiskaming economy and way of life. The New Liskeard Agricultural Society New