No one should underestimate the well-oiled municipal machines that are working for our benefit day in and day out. Yes, mistakes get made, but for the most part, …

By Gordon Brock   Let’s flip through the notebook: The 228th Battalion In the July 30 Speaker, yours truly was on the subject of “Sports Parlance” and mentioned Andre Maheu’s …

    While summer is coming to an end and kids and teachers are back in school, it really seems that the pace of community life has picked up. With …

By Gordon Brock In another era, Melinda-Lee Kathleen Burke was known to co-workers at The Temiskaming Speaker and its readers as Melinda Lalonde – a top-notch photographer and reporter. Melinda …

    Councils, large and small, are indeed interesting, and a scan of any council’s agenda before a public meeting is very often going to reveal some very interesting projects, …

  A number of different energy companies with different types of energy proposals are exploring Northern Ontario for opportunities. This is the first of four years when the Independent Electricity …

By Gordon Brock While attempting to clean out the basement and throw out items that have been hoarded for half a century, yours truly came across some newspaper clippings from …