Letter of the Week
Not fine in CobaltDear Editor:This is an open letter to Cobalt Mayor Tina Sartoretto:Dear Mayor Sartoretto,This letter is in response to your post-municipal election letter which was printed in the Weekender/Speaker in the month of November 2014 and a column which was printed with
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Municipalities must have one voice
For the past few decades, area MPPs have been noticing the main problem with developing the area.There are too many municipalities speaking separately and lobbying for different things and the area needs to speak with one voice so that higher government representatives can know what is most needed
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Do we still need school trustees?Dear Editor:There has been a lot written in the news lately about troubles at the Toronto District School Board and much of that debacle has come to rest on the shoulders of now embattled school board trustees.The question
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Focus needed for airport future
Regional cooperation is needed to ensure the survival of the Earlton-Temiskaming Regional Airport.The airport is facing a looming deficit and the region needs to recommit itself to ensuring the ongoing function of the airport.Most people who do not fly would not understand why it is important. The
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From the editor’s desk
Dave Armstrong[caption id="attachment_1019" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Editor - Gordon Brock[/caption]Like most of us in this life, David Armstrong could be described as a man of contradictions.Some in the community would describe him as distant and
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Mirror on Temiskaming
The Mirror on Temiskaming: Violence Against Women series, which concludes this issue, was created because we were emboldened by the widespread conversation that had begun about gender- based violence stemming from stories ranging from professional athletes to politicians to the CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi scandal.Coincidentally, the first
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Letter of the Week
Dear Editor:I would like to thank the Thornloe Crossroads Baptist Church congregation for their annual Bethlehem Walk.I go every year and I am very thankful.I had tears of joy when I saw it on the front page of The Speaker (issue of December 22 2014).I
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Be involved with soccer
Dear Editor.With a new year beginning many people have made resolutions, goals to help them improve things in life that are within control. For those who had a resolution to become more involved in the community or to be more engaged with their family, we would like to
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THE YEAR 2015
We live our lives by time.From seconds to minutes to hours to days to weeks to months to years to decades to centuries to millenniums.We live in an era now where we have experienced all of the above.We begin this year as we do every year
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We Quote
•“We have a vision of this area growing and prospering in the future, and I believe we have a great new council that will work together to make good things happen during this term,” -- Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd.• “There’s just more of them and they’re becoming
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