Fines increasing under road rule changes
DISTRICT (Special) – The province has hiked fines in an effort to combat distracted driving and protect cyclists and tow truck operators.New penalties kicked in September 1.The set fine for distracted driving – using hand-held devices while driving and in-vehicle screens unrelated to driving – is increasing
CORRECTION
In a profile story on Max Kennedy, the Timmins-James Bay Green Party candidate, which appeared in the August 26, 2015 issue of The Temiskaming Speaker, Mr. Kennedy was incorrectly identified as speaking French fluently. The Speaker apologizes for the error.
Hospitals given infrastructure help
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Provincial funding is enabling Temiskaming Hospital to purchase new generators.It was successful in its application for $750,000 from the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund.It’s the largest sum to date that the hospital has received from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care fund, said
Energy savings in spotlight
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city anticipates new streetlights will illuminate energy savings.New LED lights will be installed in Temiskaming Shores.They’ll cut electricity usage “probably at least by half,” said Mayor Carman Kidd after a recent council meeting.The city is purchasing 950 lighting
Wartime in the Far East
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_9411" align="alignleft" width="500"] Don Hill is pictured here with a photograph of a C-130E Hercules. (Staff photo by Darlene Wroe)[/caption]ENGLEHART -- Don Hill of Englehart
Latchford man dies in Hwy. 11 collision
ENGLEHART (Staff) – Investigation is continuing into a single-vehicle fatal crash north of Englehart last week.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say the driver, 57-year-old Joseph Mejaki of Latchford, was pronounced dead at Englehart and District Hospital following the August 11 collision.Police were called to the scene, about
Protecting cottage property from theft
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – Secure your property, be it at home or the cottage.So warn the Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police as they attempt to deter cottage break-ins.“All suspicious matters need to be reported,” said Constable Renée Taylor, the detachment’s community services officer, in a news release.She
A matter of pride
One of my favourite places is in Quebec.As often as I can, I get into my truck and whistle down Highway 65 East to the Quebec border, then turn south for the glorious drive along Highway 101.I have been many places in Canada.I can honestly say
Never surrender
Veteran Kathleen Hamilton served in Women’s Land ArmySue Nielsen Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_9330" align="alignleft" width="500"] Women’s Land Army Veteran Kathleen Hamilton (far left)
Three charged after houseboat stop
TEMAGAMI (Staff) –Three men face drug possession charges after police stopped a houseboat on Lake Temagami.An Ontario Provincial Police marine unit on patrol July 31 stopped a houseboat being operated on the lake at about 1:30 p.m.Three 32-year-old men – from Toronto, Niagara Falls and Edmonton –