Northeastern Ontario’s heat wave raises health concernsSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Summer’s here and the living is easy.After an unusually cold, harsh winter, many people living in the Temiskaming region said they wouldn’t complain when the hot days of summer arrive.Well, they have arrived
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Million-dollar milestone reached for Community Cancer Care programSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter NEW LISKEARD — How many people put forth the hard work needed to raise a million dollars… then give it all away?Bikers Reunion lead organizer Barry Phippen turned over $128,000 to the Community Cancer Care program
Motorcyclist dies in Hwy. 11 collision
HARLEY (Staff) – Police say investigation is continuing into a collision last week that left an Etobicoke motorcyclist dead.Daryl Smith, 50, was pronounced dead at hospital after the July 23 crash.It occurred on Highway 11 just south of North Quarry Road in Harley Township shortly before 1
MPs tout summer job funding
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – South Temiskaming accounts for about a third of the young people in Nipissing-Timiskaming with summer jobs through a federal wage subsidy program.About 40 young people are employed in the Temiskaming Shores area under the Canada Summer Jobs program.They include postings
“Technically great, socially not”
Wind energy project presented to local residentsDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LORRAIN VALLEY -- Lorrain Valley has been identified as having suitable wind values for the establishment of a wind energy project.The reaction to the project is mixed, but with significant opposition.The provincial government is looking
A STEAMY PAST
More than a century after its manufacture, the Sawyer-Massey steam engine is still chugging away. John Brown of North Bay made some minor adjustments to the 1896 powerhouse on display at the Rod Inglis Memorial Earlton Steam and Antique Show on the weekend. Engines both big and small as
Minister warns against change
Conservatives tout enriched benefits programDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – As the first cheques for an enriched federal family benefit reach mailboxes and bank accounts this week, some 70 families in Temiskaming Shores are estimated to be missing out.On a July 16 stop in the
TORCH RUN SUCCESS
The annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Ontario was held on June 18 in New Liskeard. From the left in the front row are Temiskaming Detachment Constable Marc Plante, Special Olympians Kevin Bond and Kayla Marwick, McDonald’s Restaurant owner Sharron Graydon (where the Torch Run began), Constable
Attention readers
Has any published Veteran’s story been left out?DISTRICT (Staff) --The Temiskaming Speaker is nearing completion of a book containing the stories we’ve told over the past two decades with area World War II veterans.The book will consist of previously published stories going back to the 1990s. Since
MOVING EXPERIENCE
The recently-held Get Moving Temiskaming event attracted hundreds of people to the New Liskeard waterfront near the Algonquin Beach ballpark. The event was sponsored by the Timiskaming Active Living Collaborative with funding for the event coming from a provincial grant tied to the Pan Am Games. A stage was