Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The groundwork is being laid for the creation of a corporation that would manage and operate the Earlton-Temiskaming Regional Airport.As the region’s municipalities discuss the future of the airport, 14 have endorsed what’s known as Option A.
ODDS AND ENDSIn your head, you knew this week would finally arrive, but in your heart in February you wondered if it would ever come – i.e. the snow finally melting and the temperatures rising over the freezing mark.It’s mid-April and a community newspaper editor flips through
Dear Editor:I hope you will print my letter.I was very interested in politics for 30 years. For the past nine years I have become very uninterested.Lo and behold, the Honourable Tony Clement spent Canadians’ hard-earned money to beautify his riding of Parry Sound. Nary a word
Dear Editor:Congratulations to The Speaker management and staff for the recognition received from the Canadian Community Newspaper Association.Each of the five (5) awards -- General Excellence, Best Front Page, Best Editorial Page, Best Feature Story, and Best Sports Photo -- represents a significant achievement, and the total
Dear Editor:I was watching the news about the Ontario Northland buses. I was very upset that they are closing the bus stations in Englehart and at Matheson. There was no need for that at all.I just don’t know what to think about the government.I feel that
Dear Editor:On behalf of the citizens of Spread the Word to End the Word Temiskaming South, we would like to thank the City of Temiskaming Shores, Towns of Cobalt, Latchord and township of Coleman for declaring Spread the Word to End the Word day on March 4, 2015.
Celebrating Nipissing-Timiskaming’s Veterans of the Second World WarAs part of the observance of the 75th anniversary of the Second World War our government established a special recognition for Canada’s WWII veterans. A special pin and certificate signed by the Prime Minister and Minister of Veterans Affairs were distributed
This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Earlton Recreation Committee member Michele Rivard.1. What is your full name? My name is Michele Lorraine
HAILEYBURY (Staff) -- For some it’s a fascination that defies reason.The earth’s gems of many descriptions, patterns, colours and hardness beckon with almost mystical magnetism.For others, the rocks are fun to buy and sell in a market that is based more on collecting than getting
Where there’s bare pavement there’s possibility, and these area youths were trying out their bike skills in New Liskeard recently. From left, they are: Joel Poirier, 15, of North Cobalt; Hunter Porter, 13, of New Liskeard; James Sherrer, 14, of North Cobalt; and Alex Dekker, 13, of North Cobalt.
