Seeing the devastation
Temiskaming residents describe horror of Fort McMurray wildfireSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — All eyes across the country are on Fort McMurray, Alberta as that community continues to deal with a raging wildfire that has devastated the community of 80,000 people.Since it began over a week ago,
Lake Temiskaming ice free on May 3
DISTRICT (Staff) — The ice is now gone from the largest body of water in this region -- Lake Temiskaming -- and our local lake watcher concurs with the day it left the lake.The Temiskaming Speaker contacted Haileybury lakeside resident Paul Gordon for his take on when the
Historic regiment’s Colours to rest permanently at Bunker Military Museum
Gordon Brock Speaker Editor [gallery ids="12461,12463,12465"]COBALT – In a ceremony that was part militaristic, part spiritual, and part historic, the First World War Colours of the Algonquin Regiment were placed and consecrated at the Bunker Military Museum on Saturday, May 7.In an earlier previously published interview with
TDSS student reaches entrepreneurial finals
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – In an era of take-out and microwave dinners, a young entrepreneur says kids need to learn how to feed themselves.Sally Potter, a Grade 10 student at Timiskaming District Secondary School, envisions a series of weekly camps – covering such topics as gardening, grocery shopping
Questionnaire for Charlton-Dack residents
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter CHARLTON-DACK -- The Municipality of Charlton and Dack is preparing to send a survey out to all its residents asking how they would rank municipal services.Chief administrative officer Dan Thibeault said the results would provide council with an opportunity “to take the information and
Trespass charges laid at skatepark
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A Haileybury man was charged with trespass-related offences at the skatepark in New Liskeard on the weekend.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police report receiving two complaints about the trespassing at the fenced-off facility Sunday April 24.At about 1:30 p.m., police said they found several people
Town has photos – Ministry denies environmental problems at dam site
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD -- The Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) media relations department says the ministry is “not aware of any significant downstream impacts” due to the March 14 removal of wooden stop-logs from the new section of the Latchford dam.The media department acknowledges that
Multiple charges laid against Elk Lake man
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – An Elk Lake man faces more than a dozen charges after an incident that left two police vehicles damaged.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say events began around 7:25 p.m. April 9, when officers tried to stop a vehicle for stunt driving on Highway 11 near
National Awards
Paper recognized in three journalism categoriesTORONTO (Staff/Special) -- The Temiskaming Speaker received two national journalism awards and its weekend edition, The Weekender, received another in the Canadian Community Newspaper Association’s (CCNA) annual Better Newspaper Competition.The CCNA reports 240 community newspapers from coast to coast to coast entered
TFN canoe project gets funding support
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Temagami First Nation wants to put a youth program centred on the canoe on solid ground, so to speak.It’s been awarded $75,000 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to enhance a program for the revitalization of canoe culture.The program, which enabled