Love the region

New to Temiskaming Shores, Haileybury residents Matt Bruni and Chelsea Pretty with their husky dog Colt were exploring nearby Lake Temiskaming via snowshoes on Sunday, February 12. Pretty is a physician doing her residency at the Temiskaming Hospital. Both say they love the area and look forward to the

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caFebruary 22, 2017Arts & Entertainmentnature

The Skirl of the Pipes

Promoting highland culture through its musicDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="15661,15660"]HAILEYBURY -- Who doesn’t thrill to the sound of the pipes skirling over the hilltop, or the sight of neighbours, friends and family members dressed in rich plaids, marching to the beat of ancient Celtic melodies?The Haileybury Highlanders,

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caFebruary 22, 2017Arts & Entertainment

Twenty Questions with Penny Durrant

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter This week’s Twenty Questions features an interview with Tri-Town Pathfinders and Rangers Guider, Penny Durrant.1. What is your full name? Penny Durrant2. Where were you born?

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RED LEAF DAY

Temiskaming Shores showed a little love for the country after Valentine’s Day. The Maple Leaf was raised in a February 15 ceremony at city hall to mark National Flag of Canada Day and in honour of the country’s 150th anniversary. Watching as Mayor Carman Kidd raised the flag were,

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caFebruary 22, 2017Arts & EntertainmentMayor Carman Kidd, National Flag Day

WINTERFEST FUN

The annual Earlton Winterfest was a success again this year bringing families and friends together February 10-12. Skylar Sterling enjoyed having her face painted and popping up out of a brightly coloured cloth box in the children’s game area upstairs at the Earlton Arena Saturday, February 11. (Staff photo

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caFebruary 15, 2017Arts & EntertainmentEarlton Winterfest

Bright start for winter day

There’s plenty of fun to be had at the Timiskaming Child Care drop-in centre every other Saturday morning. At right is Early Years practitioner Nathalie Bowen with two of the centre’s participants. Ellie Shaver, 2, and Nolan Quevilllon, 3, were enjoying pretzels which they and other children made during

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caFebruary 15, 2017Arts & EntertainmentTimiskaming Child Care

Documentary film features Indigenous youth canoe builders

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI —A documentary film featuring a canoe build project with cultural overtones involving Teme-Augama Anishnabai youth is being screened free-of-charge at the Bunny Miller Theatre on Sunday, February 19, from 1 to 4 p.m.Temagami First Nation Stewardship Program Coordinator Robin Potts told The Speaker

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caFebruary 15, 2017Arts & EntertainmentTemagami First Nation

Winter filming excursion for Nastawgan Trails this weekend

Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Why not jointhe Nastawgan Trails group for an easy going eight-kilometre snowshoe outing this weekend and take part in a filming sequence at the same time?Nastawgan Trails Inc. hired Drew Gauley of Good Gauley Productions to film sequences of activities involving

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caFebruary 15, 2017Arts & Entertainmenthiking, nature

ARTEM awarded Ontario 150 funding

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The Centre culturel ARTEM has been awarded $14,775 under a provincial program supporting community celebrations marking Canada’s 150th anniversary.The francophone arts and culture group will be working with the Temiskaming Art Gallery and the municipality on celebrations planned at the end

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caFebruary 15, 2017Arts & EntertainmentARTEM, funding, Temiskaming Art Gallery

Time for artists to make plans

COBALT (Staff) - Spring is just around the corner and, once it is here, there’s no slowing things down because, as the saying goes, “time flies when you’re having fun.”Therefore, it’s time to be making plans about what you’re going to do during the wonderful summer months this

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caFebruary 15, 2017Arts & Entertainmentcobalt, Cobalt Artists Colony

The Temiskaming Speaker

Temiskaming Shores Community Newspaper

Love the region

The Skirl of the Pipes

Twenty Questions with Penny Durrant

RED LEAF DAY

WINTERFEST FUN

Bright start for winter day

Documentary film features Indigenous youth canoe builders

Winter filming excursion for Nastawgan Trails this weekend

ARTEM awarded Ontario 150 funding

Time for artists to make plans