Many Speaker readers no doubt heard or read the recent story about an 84-year-old woman in Alberta who found her engagement ring after it had been lost for 13 years.She had been weeding in the family farm’s garden in 2004 when it slipped off her finger and was never found.“I

by Steven LarocqueHighway 11 is a vital artery for Northeastern Ontario.It opens us to the rest of the province and the province to us.We can take it for granted much of the time, but when there are serious and unfortunate accidents that shut down the roadway, we’re reminded of its

The future is unfolding quickly, and in Northeastern Ontario, that means a need to stay abreast of change, while not allowing it to leave people behind.Rapid change tends to arrive from larger more populated regions such as the Greater Toronto Area, Queens Park, Parliament Hill, large consulting companies and international

By Darlene WroeGlobal warming, climate change, extreme weather.These are terms we are going to have to get used to.This summer, to date, has been a very cool and wet one.Apparently, because the earth is warming, there is less ice overall throughout the year. The loss of ice is critical to

Coleman Township resident Charlie Angus, MP for Timmins-James Bay, is making headway in his bid to be leader of the national New Democratic Party.Currently, four candidates are attempting to win support from party members across the country. They include Angus, Niki Ashton, Guy Caron and Jagmeet Singh. The winner of

Every now and then I get a “pinch me” moment when I find myself somewhere, or seeing something, I never imagined I’d experience.It happened the first time I saw a whale. I was on the north shore of the St. Lawrence in Sept-Îles in the spring of ’91 when I

By Steven LarocqueLast week I saw a guy at a grocery story I hadn’t seen in years.He was at the end of the checkout when I realized who he was.There were several people between us so I didn’t call out to him. After I got through the line I went

The latest census figures show an all-too familiar trend in this section of Northeastern Ontario.The population continued to shrink between 2011 and 2016 in the biggest centres of Temiskaming Shores and Kirkland Lake.Smaller towns and townships basically held their own.The census showed the following, with the percentage change between 2011