The Truth and Reconciliation Walkers, travelling by foot from Cochrane to Ottawa for the closing ceremony of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission May 31 to June 3, stopped in New Liskeard as guests of the Hillview United Church Friday, April 17, then departed again the following day. Pictured here
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP -- The federal government is providing $482,500 in the form of a repayable FedNor loan for Nor-Arc Steel Fabricators in Armstrong Township.The financial support is to assist in the construction of a prototype incinerator that would turn residential waste into green energy.
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TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A traffic light at a downtown New Liskeard intersection was replaced this week after it was struck by a tractor-trailer.The traffic light pole at the intersection of Whitewood Avenue and Armstrong Street was torn down shortly before 2 p.m. April 10.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial
Enviro Drum, based in Toronto, provided workshops at area schools and performed for the Pied Pipers Kids Shows at the Cobalt Classic Theatre April 16. Jeff Salem, leader of the group, is pictured here at a workshop with the students of Holy Family School. He also provided workshops at
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- A Cobalt councillor has complained about the speed at which Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) cruisers are travelling through the town.Speaking at council’s regular meeting Tuesday, April 7, Councillor Gary Bigelow related that his car came close to being struck by a cruiser
Seeking public’s assistanceSince the millennium, The Temiskaming Speaker has conducted interviews with World War II veterans. Most of these interviews were published in The Speaker’s annual Remembrance Day tabloids. These previously published articles will be put together for a book the paper plans to publish in late summer
Patrick Etherington of Cochrane posed an interesting challenge for non First Nations people while in New Liskeard. He is part of a group walking from Cochrane to Ottawa for the closing truth and reconciliation ceremony.Observing that the next generation of First Nations people is exhibiting effects from their
A bellwether ridingA federal election is set for this year – October 19 is the date. Technically though, the Governor General and/or the Prime Minister himself could call an election before that.Be that as it may, whenever the official campaign begins and we go to the polls
