The Reunion will be missed
Dear Editor:From across the continent you could hear their roarEvery year there seemed to come, more and moreTo help in the fightWith all their mightThe Biker’s Reunion brought them to our Shore.The Cannon Lady along with her entourageThe musical acts adding to the barrageWith one main goalHelp
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Gas Prices
Dear Editor:Thanks to John Vanthof for his letter last week on gas prices. We have just returned from a holiday on the East Coast and I noted the consistency of the gas prices.When we stayed on Prince Edward Island for six days, with some of
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Farewell Bikers Reunion
As the last motorcycle rumbled out of the region and the tears were all wiped dry, the reality has set in.The July long weekend New Liskeard Bikers Reunion was something special indeed.We all knew it and maybe we were less than prepared to say
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From the Editor’s Desk
School DazeWith the final Bikers Reunion and the Canada Day weekend in the books, let’s look at two other rather notable events that occurred in our area this past week but might have slipped under the radar.HILLIARD SCHOOLS REUNIONThere was a reunion July 2
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Letter of the Week
Will miss the Bikers ReunionDear Editor:I just finished reading the paper (Speaker issue of June 28) and I must say tears came to my eyes just thinking this year will be the last (of the Bikers Reunion).I remember how good the volunteers were to us when
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The role of the Governor General
Dear Editor:Just when we were beginning to put behind us the humiliation of the previous government making the hijab controversy an election issue in last year’s campaign, complete with reference to “barbaric cultural practices” a snitch line and all the rest of it, we see a letter in
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From the Editor’s Desk
The final rideVarious communities in Temiskaming will be staging Canada Day events July 1. However the focal point throughout the district this long weekend is the New Liskeard Bikers Reunion as a few weeks back chief organizer Barry Phippen said this 2016 version of the event would be
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Acting on gas prices
Dear Editor:This is an open letter to the Hon. Glenn Thibeault, Minister of Energy.Re: Gas PricesDear Minister,People across Ontario, and especially the North, are being ripped off at the gas pumps.As an opposition MP you were vocal on
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Just Wondering
Dear Editor:This is to the TDSS Powwow Committee (regarding recent coverage in the June 8 Speaker “Traditions shared in tenth annual TDSS Powwow” and the subsequent letter to the editor in the June 22 Speaker, “It is not a costume”).When did the modern baseball cap worn backwards
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No respect for Governor General
Dear Editor:I used to have a lot of respect for Canada’s Governor General, David Johnston. As far as the upper crust goes he seemed to be an OK guy. That was until he did an interview with Peter Mansbridge on April 13, 2016.Johnson, responding to Mansbridge’s comment
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