Mapping out a better route
By Darlene Wroe A few years ago a report came out about the pros and cons of the Temiskaming district and one of its greatest assets was the presence …
National Newspaper Week
According to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s Digital News Report 2024, Canadians’ trust in news is 39 per cent. For comparison, Americans’ trust is news is …
Hello year 1994
By Gordon Brock On the topic of how The Temiskaming Speaker is being read not just by present-day readers but by future ones as well, let’s imagine if we …
Extraordinary ordinary people
A tragedy in New Liskeard September 19 left four people dead, and families and friends grieving. The Speaker sends its condolences to those who lost loved ones. One …
Editorial cartoon in the Sept. 18 issue:
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Amazing volunteers make it happen
Congratulations to all the volunteers who have been planning and giving their time to bring together the amazing New Liskeard Fall Fair event. The work that goes into a fall …
Road trip tripped up
By Diane Johnston I love road trips, despite the cost, the inevitable construction, and the just-as-inevitable wrong turns (or, as I prefer to characterize them, “unanticipated side trips”). It’s been …
Editorial cartoon in the Sept. 11 issue:
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Following the money
At some point in the year ahead, we can expect a federal election. Whether it is sooner or later, it will come. The question we have before us about our …
Two predictions
By Steven Larocque Politics is always clamouring for our attention and the news last week that the NDP-Liberal agreement is over caught a lot of people by surprise. Federal NDP …