DISTRICT (Staff) -- A storm passing through Temiskaming Saturday evening, May 23, caused outages across the region.New Liskeard and area was the hardest hit, but many hydro customers throughout the district experienced at least temporary flickers as the storm descended.Hydro One spokesperson Tiziana Baccega Rosa said that
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Latchford concludes five-year debt
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD -- The Latchford budget was passed at the town’s regular council meeting Tuesday, May 19.Councillor Theo Cull, who is chair of the finance committee for this four-year term, told The Speaker that the presence of the Latchford dam reconstruction activity
Plan focusing on arts and culture sustainability
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A Toronto firm has been hired to draft a plan to sustain the local arts and cultural sector – and up to 20 organizations – in the long term.Temiskaming Shores has awarded the development of the South Temiskaming Cultural Sustainability Plan to Millier Dickinson
ON THE TRAIL
It was a bit chilly May 19, but some Timiskaming District Secondary students walked the STATO trail to Haileybury. The walkathon was a fundraiser for a transitional learning community class trip to Science North and Dynamic Earth in Sudbury in June. Among the walkers – who raised more than
A Wing and a Prayer
A reversal of a decision to allow the annual Drag N’ Fly to take place at the Earlton airport means the Temiskaming Rod and Custom Club (TRACC) now must make up for lost sponsors for the drag race.The decision to allow the event was made after an appeal
“No news” adage doesn’t work for North
No news is good news.That well-worn adage may apply to most experiences in an average lifetime, but it doesn’t work for a transplanted resident of Northern Ontario who is trying to keep up with happenings in the land of his birth. When one is dependent upon media sources
Letter of the Week
Admiration and disgustDear Editor:I read with a combination of admiration and disgust your article “Passerby Pulls Body From Lake Temiskaming” in the May 28, 2015 edition.I have never written a letter to the editor, but I find the facts surrounding this event worthy of comment. My
Twenty Questions with Helene Culhane
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with The Temiskaming Shores & Area Chamber of Commerce
Long-term lease proposed for Little Claybelt museum
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city proposes to assume ownership of the Little Claybelt Homesteaders Museum and lease it back to the museum’s board to operate.Under a 20-year lease agreement, the museum would pay $1,000 to Temiskaming Shores each year.It would also be responsible
Shannen’s Dream to have boardwalk home
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A monument recognizing a teenaged advocate for First Nations education will be built in New Liskeard.The site for the memorial tribute to Shannen Koostachin – near the south end of Algonquin Regiment Memorial Beach Park – was appoved by Temiskaming Shores council earlier this