Funding to study Latchford power generationDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_8372" align="alignleft" width="500"] Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Jay Aspin (standing) announced FedNor funding of $41,000 to study the feasibility of constructing
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Getting graded
Board ONE to issue report cardsDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TIMMINS – As the school year draws to a close, report cards for 4,300 elementary students at District School Board Ontario North East will be going home June 25.While some boards have said they won’t be
New look for victim services
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The name may have changed but the mission of a volunteer-driven organization remains the same – to help victims of crime and tragedy in Temiskaming.It’s now known as Victim Services of Temiskaming and District, and recently adopted the logo used by similar organizations across
Safe cycling
Michael Minderlein, 9, a Grade 4 student at St. Patrick School in Cobalt, was one of many students receiving bicycle safety tips Friday, May 29. Fire prevention officer Kelly Hearn was one of several people on hand to help the children better understand the rules and laws affecting them.
NLPS taking wings
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – New Liskeard Public School is undergoing a slight name modification.The elementary school once had three buildings known, fittingly, as the East Block, Centre Block and West Block.In 1998, the aging red brick East Block built in 1921 was demolished.That left the West
June 26 deadline
Thank you WWII VetsDISTRICT (Staff) – As regular readers would know, these past few months The Temiskaming Speaker has asked the public for help in making us aware of surviving World War II veterans living in our area whose stories may not have been previously published in The
Englehart hospital limiting visitors
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART – Visitor restrictions remain in place at Englehart and District Hospital after an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness.But hospital chief executive officer Lois Kozak was hopeful that the ban would be lifted after the weekend.The visitor ban was imposed June 9 after a number
A place to grow
A major infrastructure project is now taking place in Latchford with the replacement of a dam that is more than 100 years old.The massive project has a value of $25.7 million and will be taking place over two years.It establishes security for properties along
From the Editor’s Desk
Reader FeedbackHere’s just two different examples of the type of reader feedback received at The Speaker.SKATEBOARDINGThis comment was sent to us via email….“In your recent edition of the Speaker, there was a picture of a young man at the Carter Antila skate park performing a jump.
Letter of the Week
Still the best governmentDear Editor:The recent Fraser Institute study on amalgamation in Ontario confirms the claims expressed even before Mike Harris and his wrecking crew started hacking away at local governments in 1995, namely, that the notion of amalgamation yielding increased efficiency and reduced costs of governance