My Diabetes Isn’t Making Me “Sick” So Why Should I Visit a Diabetes Education Program?
Dear editor,Many patients aren’t sure if a Diabetes Education Program (DEP) is meant for them. Surely it’s only for the really sick people.“I thought my diabetes was only mild and that it was well controlled so why should I go to the Diabetes Education Program? I see
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From the Editor’s Desk
Well, here we are at the new desk, same as the old desk.By way of introduction: I’m Steven Larocque and I’m the new editor at The Temiskaming Speaker.I’m in my 22nd year at The Speaker so many of you will know me, or know of me, so
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A Promise is a Promise is a Promise
Dear Editor,Humans are such a conservative creature that any change, even a change for the better, scares them, they prefer the bad old way to the new good one. Leo Shestov (paraphrased)A promise is a promise is a promise unless it comes from the mouth of Prime
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A parting tribute to “Mr. Speaker”
Dear Editor,Yes indeed, Gord. How iconic and how ironic that in parting we should meet again. Please rest assured Gord, true to heart, that we (all of us) as a community strive for excellence. We look ahead with eager anticipation for a much brighter, more self sufficient and
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Make me a channel of your peace
Dear Editor,Seventeen persons gathered together at St. Paul’s United Church on Saturday evening, February 4, in a prayer vigil to remember the victims and all who are hurting in the aftermath of the recent horrendous events in Quebec City. They were people of all denominations, all faiths, all
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Good decision? Not
Dear Editor,Good decision on the failure to achieve electoral reform? I think not.Surprisingly, the claim in your (February 8) editorial that “there is no evidence that the Canadian electorate want to change the way we elect our politicians” fails a test that I would expect The Speaker
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Keeping our dollars at home
Shopping locally might cost a little more, and maybe it won’t turn up exactly what a person is looking for. But what it will produce is a stronger economy.Every time we purchase something that is not sold locally, or produced locally, we are sending our own
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From the Editor’s Desk
An editor says goodbyeEditorial independence and hard-nosed business motives go hand in hand.They live in symbiosis – great journalism attracts more readers, more readers attract move advertisers and more revenue supports even greater journalism. This newspaper has long lived and prospered by that model, and been
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Ticket to ride – trains
Dear Editor:Empty planes, long haul trains and dicey roads for buses. We’ve got a simple plan-perfectly perfect ticket to ride; one direction -- one way or another.Please pay attention, please pay heed. This is “all” about uncensored, uncankered political candor.We all know that it is politically
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The shame of Trump
Dear Editor:Hi, I’m just a small-town girl who doesn’t talk politics or religion. In this circumstance though I just couldn’t keep my mouth shut. Thank God for freedom of speech in Canada.Donald Trump, his hatred seeps into the minds of vulnerable people. I for one am not
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