Letter of the week
Blacking out the HabsDear Editor:This is an open letter to the people at Sportsnet.Hey Sportsnet, I’ve had enough of your “hockey pucks” fawning all over each other congratulating themselves on this wonderful, Sportsnet coverage of NHL hockey. I have news for you. Your coverage sucks!I’m
Going forward
Challenges continue to rise out of the shifting environment, both physical and economic.The agriculture community is now being impacted under a very wet harvest season, and many millions of dollars of crops are expected to rot in the fields this winter.Winter itself seems to
From the editor’s desk
Public FeedbackA community newspaper editor flips through his notebook:THE SIGNATUREWhat’s that saying? “If you do something long enough, you would have seen it all. But then again, you’ll see something for the first time.”In this case, maybe it’s a little surprising yours truly hasn’t come
Letter of the week
One DayDear Editor:One DayTake off your hats,And raise your handsHooray – our Vets are here!To all of them who saved our landBy air-By land-by seaFor those of them – who cannot stand,Get down on bended knee!’ They are the ones
Where to shop?
The Christmas season in Temiskaming is officially underway.Already we see many of our businesses either externally or internally – having their places of work decorated in the seasonal adornments. The week or two after Remembrance Day seems to be the time when many of our residences put up
From the editor’s desk
Remembrance NotesOn Friday, November 7, a Remembrance service was held in the afternoon at Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie.The gathered student assembly saw an audio-visual presentation prepared by teacher André Maheu. Mr. Maheu this year has also completed a book, soon to be published, on our local World
Our young people’s future
Dear Editor:I remember in the late 1940’s, when the Eaton Stove Works closed its doors putting over 100 men out of work.Like an animal that has lost too much of its habitat, the giant wood cookstoves were cast aside often with glee, and replaced by electric stoves.
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