Full Swing!
Dear Editor:If the rest of Temiskaming is as busy as our local ball fields, then I would say things are moving in Temiskaming in full swing.All crops are maturing quickly and the first bales of hay are being removed. Wild strawberries are plentiful, and wild raspberries are
Blooming good coverage
Dear Editor:The Temiskaming Art Gallery 2014 Garden Tour Committee would like to thank The Temiskaming Speaker and its staff for the excellent coverage it gave to our recent event.The Garden Tour was a great success. The weather cooperated (mostly), the temperatures were comfortable and, best of all,
Summer in North
It’s summer in the North--a time for family visits and spending time outdoors in the warm sun.The land replenishes, particularly at this time of year.Flower gardens are in full bloom. Vegetable gardens have started to provide their harvests. The berries on rocky hills and on sunlit road
Letter of the Week
Our life in GowgandaDear Editor:We have been blessed to spend the last 49 years in this little village called Gowganda. If you do not know where Gowganda is and what it is about then you must check the blogspot http://gowgandaphotography.blogspot.com/.Now we must leave and although there
To be a municipal council member
The next municipal election is fast approaching.A few people have put their names forward to sit around the council tables over the next four years. But there is still room for many more people to come forward to complete the circle.Municipal representatives have the opportunity to focus
From the Editor’s Desk
The next step[caption id="attachment_1019" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Editor - Gordon Brock[/caption]Days after the June 4, 2013 murder of Chris Parsons and his New Liskeard memorial, yours truly wrote in this space:“…his murder has struck a chord at
Letter to the Editor
Get the pictureDear Editor:Thank you for your recent coverage of the opening of the Carter Antila Memorial Skateboard Park. The prominent and extensive coverage by your newspaper during the entire project has helped to bring the community together and everyone can celebrate in a facility that will
From the Editor’s Desk
Lucky 13[caption id="attachment_1019" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Editor - Gordon Brock[/caption]Shortly after the Canada Day weekend in 1985: two reporters on staff at The Temiskaming Speaker either were fired or resigned immediately; the editor could no longer
Letter of the Week
Here’s to our Youth Grads, Youth Orchestras and Skate Parks!Dear Editor:First of all I want to congratulate all the newest Temiskaming high school graduates. Well done!! These young people are the future of our community, our hospitals, volunteerism and so very much more. I wish them the
Letter to the Editor
Recent Temagami sightingsDear Editor:A couple of unusual sightings to report from Lake Temagami this June.On June 10 after walking into Kokoko Lake my fishing buddy and I observed a school of five carp in the shallows below where the stream from Koko Lake enters Lake Temagami.