Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter CHARLTON/DACK -- The Municipality of Charlton and Dack is making a move to become more horse friendly, and in particular, to be more accommodating to the people who use them.So far, two hitching posts have been installed by the municipality. One is located
Georgia Audrey Nadeau made her debut just before 10:30 p.m. January 2 to become the first baby born at Temiskaming Hospital in 2015. Georgia, weighing eight pounds eight ounces, is a second child for Kristen Koistinen and Mike Nadeau of Temiskaming Shores, and was delivered by midwife Paule Corneil.
New Liskeard Public School (NLPS) students in Lindsay Hodgson’s Grade 4 and 5 class recently took part in the Northern Ontario Youth Entrepreneurship Create a Logo program targeting elementary students in Grades 3-6. Students participated in a competition identifying and naming a business opportunity they believe could work in
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The main source of provincial funding to the city has dipped a little.Temiskaming Shores will receive $3.74 million from the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund in 2015, down almost 2.4 per cent from 2014.That’s dropped still further from 2013, when the city was allocated
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- It is now the time after the municipal election when the municipalities work together to elect representatives to the area boards.Timiskaming Health Unit medical health officer and chief executive officer Dr. Marlene Spruyt told The Speaker that some of the municipalities are
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – An initiative to train aboriginal women for mining-related jobs has received provincial support.The Temiskaming Native Women’s Support Group has been awarded up to $205,530 from Ontario’s Rural Economic Development program.In a news release, provincial officials say the “innovative program” will train First Nations and
We live our lives by time.From seconds to minutes to hours to days to weeks to months to years to decades to centuries to millenniums.We live in an era now where we have experienced all of the above.We begin this year as we do every year
•“We have a vision of this area growing and prospering in the future, and I believe we have a great new council that will work together to make good things happen during this term,” -- Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd.• “There’s just more of them and they’re becoming
A NEW YEAR[caption id="attachment_1019" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Editor - Gordon Brock[/caption]It’s our first issue of the New Year and this is the first week where the community resumes life after the holidays. With that, a
The Bethlehem WalkDear Editor:We at the Thornloe Crossroads Baptist Church, extend our appreciation to you at The Speaker for your wonderful coverage of our recent Bethlehem Walk, both in the pre-announcements and in the photos and report which Darlene Wroe so ably prepared.We are also grateful
