From the Editor’s Desk
Robert Franks[caption id="attachment_1019" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Editor - Gordon Brock[/caption]This space would be remiss for not commenting on the passing last week of 98-year-old Robert Franks.A good friend of The Speaker, yours truly has known Mr.
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Letter of the Week
Terrible Road ConditionsDear Editor:I had an appointment in Toronto Wednesday January 13 at 1 p.m.We left New Liskeard on January 12 at 9 a.m. and drove south to just south of Temagami to find the highway was closed due to an accident. Apparently there
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Questions raised by the storm
Challenging storm conditions Sunday, January 10, made many roads dangerous for driving on, and even impassable.Both the IMOS crew contracted by the provincial government to maintain area highways, and municipal crews for towns and townships, were hard taxed to keep the roads open.Crews were
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Letter of the Week
Food for thoughtDear Editor:The sharing and giving spirit was not awakened in our community only by the Christmas Season. It was wide awake throughout 2015.Although this year, 2015, there was a substantial increase in clients at our Food Bank the sharing and caring ensured no client
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Giving Hope Today
Dear Editor :Representing The Salvation Army, Anne and I have been overwhelmed by the support of this community throughout the recent holiday season.Your incredible generosity gives us the opportunity to continue to serve those in need through our Community and Family Services and our Food Bank. Working
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From the Editor’s Desk
A NEW YEARThis is our first issue of 2016 as the community this week gets back in gear after the holiday season.The Christmas season of 2015 will, in part, be remembered for the weather. For example, on December 23, one could look out the window from our
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Those cuts
Dear Editor:In regards to all the cuts the Ontario Northland are making.........we all should go out and buy a horse and buggy.It seems that is what we may have to do.And isn’t the Ontario Northland run by the government?The government is making all these cuts
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Thank you
Dear Editor:We at Thornloe Crossroads Baptist Church extend our sincere thanks to all those who were so helpful to us as we presented the recent Bethlehem Walk.We are especially grateful to The Speaker for the extensive coverage, before, during and after the event.Thank you to Phippen
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New way of life
Dear Editor:Thirty-nine years ago on December 25 I was released from the hospital for Christmas weekend – a weekend that I was not expected to live to see.On that date, my brother carried me down the basement stairs to the family room at my parents’ home for
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Letter of the Week
Best gift possibleDear Editor:I would sincerely like to thank Matt Tremblay of North Eastern Patient Transfer Service and his staff for graciously offering and delivering his service for my granddaughter whom is wheelchair bound.Due to the fact the Ontario Northland bus runs once a day north and
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