Garden Tour Delight
Dear Editor:Once again the Temiskaming Art Gallery thanks The Speaker and its staff for its excellent coverage and promotion of the recent 2015 Garden Tour.On one of the hottest days this summer, almost one hundred garden lovers toured beautiful Temiskaming Shores and area to view nine individual
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Speaker Pride
Dear Editor:Thank you so much for putting my thank you letter with cute header line in your excellent paper. I never miss reading it and The Weekender!Have enjoyed your insightful editorials and the cartoons for the last 26 years. I am sending a big bouquet to you and your staff for a
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Leaky lines, non- detecting detectors
Dear Editor:As proponents continue to saturate the area with media advertisements on the safety and technology used in their pipelines the reality raises its ugly head.An oil sand company experiences a massive bitumen spill in northern Alberta requiring the construction of a winter road to reach
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Letter to the Editor
Not enough known about wind powerDear Editor,Kathleen Wynne has sent the wind power developers to the unorganized and Crown lands of the North where there will be little resistance.We want to believe we can show them otherwise. We are not anti-wind. We believe we need to
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From the Editor’s Desk
Survivor Diaries[caption id="attachment_1019" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Editor - Gordon Brock[/caption]The book The Temiskaming Speaker has been putting together on the stories told over the past two decades from World War II veterans is now nearing completion.The book
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From the Editor’s Desk
These Stories[caption id="attachment_1019" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Editor - Gordon Brock[/caption]With this issue yours truly notes the 30th year anniversary of being the editor of The Temiskaming Speaker.To mark the occasion, the following list of the top
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Take a stand and say “No”
Dear Editor:In regards to the wind power proposal for Lorrain Valley:All residents of Northern Ontario should say “No” to this, and any other proposal, to exploit our beautiful region.As a child I went to Camp Lorrain. As a teenager I worked in the valley for a
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Canada Day in Cobalt
Dear Editor:Another July 1 has passed and Cobalt’s spirit and enthusiasm, as usual, was at an all-time high. We would like to thank all who participated in our parade and all behind the scene volunteers in spite of the weather.A big thank you to our surrounding neighbours
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Letter of the Week
Inhumane treatment of catsDear Editor:Cats, cats, stray cats everywhere!Us three grandmothers on Maybrook Road can’t look after any more cats.Don’t drop any more of your cats on our road! It is inhumane to drop your cats off anywhere.Foxes, wolves, or any wild animals can
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Overwhelming generosity
Dear Editor:I would like to extend sincere thanks to everyone who helped in any way to ensure that the yard sale/bake sale held in my benefit the weekend of June 12-13 was such a tremendous success.Special thanks goes to the Haileybury Family Health Team and my amazing
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