Thank you, thank you
Dear Editor:Once again the people of south Temiskaming showed their generosity. The Ministry of Natural Resources held a Christmas Food Drive at Walmart Supercentre and Chartrand’s Your Independent Grocer on Saturday, December 21, 2013.The men worked from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. collecting non-perishable food for the local
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Helping others
Dear Editor:On Sunday morning taking my dog for a walk, there was a bank of ice and snow ploughed in across the entrance/exit to Cedar Street.I am handicapped and use an electric scooter for transportation. I got part way through the barricade and was struck.A passing gentleman stopped
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Salvation Army 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 Charrtands and Walmart for allowing us to set up in their stores for our Christmas Kettle locations.We would like to thank
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Time to Talk
It is increasingly anticipated there will be a provincial election this spring.This is an opportunity to review our concerns and to address them to the candidates.Now is the time to ensure you have as much information as
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A New Year
[caption id="attachment_1019" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Editor - Gordon Brock[/caption]This issue of The Temiskaming Speaker is our inaugural one of 2014.Befitting a community newspaper’s first issue of the year, we have the New Year’s Baby, “lookaheads” with various municipal leaders
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WE QUOTE
• “I think this will be an exciting year,” – Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd.• “We’re in good shape,” – Armstrong Township Mayor Robert Ethier.• “Wood heat is great if you have got the energy and youth,” – Latchford Mayor George Lefebvre. He stated that he personally feels the town
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THE YEAR 2014
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 since The Speaker was
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Looking back on 2013
It’s the last issue of the calendar year and time for some reflection.NEWS STORIESThree out of the four top news stories in our area, as chosen by The Temiskaming Speaker’s editorial department, involved deaths of area people and how the judicial system handled it. Our story of the year, the
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Sarah Marsden
The news thread in 2013 has been the community’s cry for justice –the sentencing into the death of Alex Duguay, the murder of Chris Parsons, the not-guilty verdict in the David Pannell murder case…all these stories left many in the community wondering about justice for the victims of crime.A side
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Murder in Haileybury
Disbelief.That was the catchword in Temiskaming Shores and Cobalt in June upon learning that 42-year-old Chris Parsons was found murdered in his downtown Haileybury apartment.As the year ends the community continues to ask, and the police continue to deal with, many questions.Chris Parsons was a hardworking, happy, simple man who
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