From the editor’s desk
This time of yearThis last issue of 2014 of The Temiskaming Speaker comes out smack dab in the middle of what is called “the holiday season” – between Christmas and New Year’s. For those of us in the news media, it’s a most interesting time.For example,
Lisa Buck
As a society, we see issues that we never thought were issues. As a society we see barriers that were once there but are no longer there.We like to think barriers are knocked down everyday. However it takes years to eliminate these barriers.That was the case
Salvation Army says thanks
Dear Editor:The following is a “Thank You” letter to the community of Temiskaming Shores and surrounding areas regarding our Christmas efforts at The Salvation Army.We would like to thank Chartrands and Walmart for allowing us to set up in their stores for our Christmas
Wishing you a Merry Christmas
Canada is a wonderful country--a place of ideals, rights, and freedoms.It’s a place where nations have been attempting to iron out an agreement where people of different backgrounds and beliefs can live side by side and in harmony to pursue their dreams and ambitions.It began with the
From the Editor’s Desk
Christmas 2014A community newspaper editor, experiencing his 30th Christmas holding that title, flips through his notebook…THE FIREWithin a half-hour of getting an awakening phone call on November 29 about the New Liskeard downtown fire this year, yours truly arrived at the scene and found himself talking
From the editor’s desk
About the “Yes, Virginia” editorial.As is stated to the left of this space, Francis P. Church’s editorial Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus was an immediate sensation, and became one of the most famous editorials ever written. It first appeared in The New York Sun in
IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS?
Editor’s Note: The following editorial was written by Francis P. Church in the New York Sun in the year 1897. It has become the most reprinted editorial of all time.We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our
Letter to the editor
Shoe box campaign looks after blessed soulsDear Editor:I would like to thank The Temiskaming Speaker and the staff, especially Diane Johnston, who supplied great coverage this past month in promoting the Operation Christmas Child shoe box campaign throughout our district. Your support over all these years has
Still have to be told
These types of editorials have become a regular, annual staple.Two decades ago, at this time of year, an editorial was written in The Temiskaming Speaker urging readers not to get behind the wheel of any motorized vehicle after drinking even a small amount of alcohol.As part of
From the editor’s desk
The Last Christmas CardOne of the traditions of Christmas, even in this age of social media, is the sending and receiving of printed Christmas cards.In many, many cases the Christmas card is the last way for people to stay in touch with friends who they may not