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
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
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
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
From the editor’s desk
A NEW YEAR[caption id="attachment_1019" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Editor - Gordon Brock[/caption]It’s our first issue of the New Year and this is the first week where the community resumes life after the holidays. With that, a
Letter of the week
The Bethlehem WalkDear Editor:We at the Thornloe Crossroads Baptist Church, extend our appreciation to you at The Speaker for your wonderful coverage of our recent Bethlehem Walk, both in the pre-announcements and in the photos and report which Darlene Wroe so ably prepared.We are also grateful
Letter to the editor
At the Englehart Food BankDear EditorWith 2014 behind us, we at the Englehart Food Bank look forward to 2015 in serving the people in and around Englehart for another year.We had a successful year with some new clients and some leaving. With the help of many
Murder Charges
This marks the 30th year that The Temiskaming Speaker has chosen a news story of the year. Rarely in that timeframe has the paper’s top story run over two years, but that was the case for 2013 and 2014.In 2013 disbelief was the catchword in Temiskaming Shores and
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