Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- The Cobalt Park is going to be a lot more welcoming this year, especially if you’re a bird.Plans are in place to officially launch the Cobalt Lake Park Bird/Duck-box Project on Wednesday, March 8, at 1:30 p.m.The project is in partnership
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City calls for rural school closure suspension
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – City council is joining a call for the province to put a moratorium on rural school closures until it has rewritten accommodation review guidelines.On February 21, city council endorsed appeals from Prince Edward County, on the eastern end of Lake Ontario,
Doc recruitment incentive restructured
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Financial incentives for new doctors serving the Temiskaming Shores area have been restructured.Newly recruited physicians will be offered $10,000 each year for four years if they set up a local practice or are credentialed to work at Temiskaming Hospital.In the
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[caption id="attachment_15590" align="alignleft" width="240"] Speaker Editor Steven Larocque[/caption]The editorial you see to the left of this column touches on a subject that arises, albeit infrequently, here at The Speaker.A parent recently called us, upset that his/her
Striking a chord
Students at New Liskeard Public School are enjoying learning to play tunes on ukuleles. The musical instruments, which were purchased last year, were recently being reintroduced to students. Pictured here are Logan Broderick, Grade 4 (left) and Leen Khayzuran, Grade 5. (Staff photo by Darlene Wroe)
Playground upgrade issue resurfaces
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A rubberized surface will be installed under playground equipment at the Dymond Firefighters’ Park this summer.The cost is being offset by a $12,000 grant from Ontario Tire Stewardship’s community renewal fund.Projects using Ontario-made products and generated from scrap tires in
Shiverfest warming Temagami winter
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – A new date and expanded lineup of events is slated for Shiverfest ’17.The carnival, which has typically been held during the Family Day weekend, runs this year from March 2 through 5.And for the first time, a royal family – chosen democratically by voters
Fun for all in Englehart March 3 to 5
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART - This year’s Englehart Winter Carnival will be taking place March 3-5 and will include some exciting new activities to fill in the days.There have been many people working together on this year’s event to create a range of activities.With the theme,
Extinguishing the “R” word
Temiskaming Shores firefighters recently rolled up their sleeves and donned t-shirts to combat a word that hurts. They joined the effort to Spread the Word to End the Word. A growing movement is calling for an end to the use of “retarded” as a term of derision and as
Fraser building elevator “heavily used”
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT - Cobalt council is waiting to hear what the cost is going to be to repair the elevator at the Fraser building.At Cobalt council’s meeting Tuesday, February 21, chief administrative officer Michelle Larose told council that the elevator at