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Englehart food bank says thanksDear Editor:Another successful food drive was held by the M.N.R. with 345 items and almost $200 for the Englehart Food Bank.Donations like this keep the food bank able to supply the clients with food each week.Donations from the Food Forever fund
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Letter of the week
Not so Happy Canada Day for a million CanadiansDear EditorOn this Canada Day, July 1, 2014 over one million Canadians will become second- class citizens.There is nothing to celebrate regarding the FATCA IGA that the Canadian government signed and stealthily rammed through parliament, and nothing to
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Graduating classes
This week marks the end of school for many area students as they attend their graduation commencements.They have been supported in their learning endeavors by the various schools, school boards, teachers, educational assistants, parents, caregivers and their respective communities.It is a bittersweet time in
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From the Editor’s Desk
This weekendThe New Liskeard Bikers Reunion.Technically it began in 1999.Officially it’s now celebrating its 11th anniversary and it has become not only a mainstream community event but it can be categorized as one of Northern Ontario’s premier attractions.Included in this week’s Speaker we have a
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Letter of the Week
Hunting’s waning perceptionDear Editor:RE: Englehart Echoes, published in The Temiskaming Speaker May 21, 2014With the great relish of the uninformed, Mr.[Bud] Colquhoun proclaims the “pendulum is swinging” against the public’s perception of hunting.Portraying hunters as bloodthirsty killers more interested in thrills than meat has been
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From the Editor’s Desk
Political NotebookPerception is everything in politics. Another example is the June 12 Ontario election results. As the polls closed, politicians, pundits and political observers were bracing for a long night as most indicators had the Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives in the proverbial “virtual tie”. Scenarios ran from
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Attack ads and Hudak a lethal combination
by Wayne GreenAfter a campaign featuring the nastiest display of negative advertising in my memory, the Liberal Party is back firmly in command of government in Ontario. The attack ads, funded by the Liberals and an assortment of public sector unions, were not totally responsible for the election
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From the Editor’s Desk
Vote June 12On Thursday, June 12 we vote in a provincial election. Public opinion polls and pundits tell us this election is too close to call.At this time The Temiskaming Speaker continues its election tradition of not officially endorsing a candidate.We’ve never been so presumptuous to
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Golden Horseshoe will decide election result
by Wayne GreenOn the eve of Ontario's general election it must be noted that five weeks of intense campaigning by the three main political parties do not seem to have made much of an impression on the province's population. Just as they were when the Legislature was dissolved back
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Mad Men?
Councillor Appreciation Week?Dear Editor:Oh this tiresome business of regulating TownsThose plastic shelters bring out the neighbours frownsTake the darn things downIs Council’s commandTheir theme song should be, “Bring In The Clowns”Seems any neighbours complaint is all it takesFor them to
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