Stock Transportation Ltd. buses burned in weekend fireSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY — Four school buses parked at the Haileybury Stock Transportation Ltd. parking lot caught fire in the early morning hours of Sunday, December 14. No one was hurt and no students were aboard the buses at the
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Hospital reiterates: not cutting staff or clinical services
DISTRICT (Staff/special)– A release from the Temiskaming Hospital December 12 reiterates their stand on cutting staff and clinical services.“Temiskaming Hospital has been facing fiscal challenges for three years now. Without effecting change, we will have a shortfall of approximately $1.4 million this year. This is clearly not sustainable
NO MORE CUTS
Registered nurses and health care workers, members of CUPE Local 904, rallied near the New Liskeard Post Office on Friday, December 12 to raise public awareness of Registered Nurses cuts and other job cuts coming from the Temiskaming Hospital. Timiskaming-Cochrane NDP MPP John Vanthof and Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie
Hundreds come for Bethlehem Walk
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_5847" align="alignleft" width="500"] Soldiers Cole Sedore of Kerns Township (left) and Patrick Reimer of Hudson Township (centre) guarded the gate of Bethlehem as visitors walked through
While shepherds watched
Moriah Caron, 7, of Hilliard, is pictured here with the sheep along the Bethlehem Walk at the Thornloe Crossroads Baptist Church Sunday, December 14. She was one of dozens of congregation members of the church who helped portray the people around the time and event of Jesus’ birth.This content is for Speaker Online Digital Subscription members only.
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Federal election candidate
Nipissing-Timiskaming federal NDP rep chosenDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- The Nipissing-Timiskaming Federal New Democratic Party Riding Association has selected Kathleen Jodouin to represent them in the 2015 federal election.Ms. Jodouin stood for the nomination to represent the party along with Catherine Murton Stoehr.The selection
From the editor’s desk
About the “Yes, Virginia” editorial.As is stated to the left of this space, Francis P. Church’s editorial Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus was an immediate sensation, and became one of the most famous editorials ever written. It first appeared in The New York Sun in
IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS?
Editor’s Note: The following editorial was written by Francis P. Church in the New York Sun in the year 1897. It has become the most reprinted editorial of all time.We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our
Letter to the editor
Shoe box campaign looks after blessed soulsDear Editor:I would like to thank The Temiskaming Speaker and the staff, especially Diane Johnston, who supplied great coverage this past month in promoting the Operation Christmas Child shoe box campaign throughout our district. Your support over all these years has
From Parliament Hill
Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Jay AspinI am pleased that we have made a great deal of progress working together this year. We have successfully engaged in truly important initiatives for our region. Moreover, we have continued to send a clear message to Ottawa about our priorities which have resulted in