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)

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caAugust 19, 2015Newsveterans, WWII

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 –

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caAugust 12, 2015Newscharges, drugs, OPP

Raise wind concerns now: MPP

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – As two proponents fine-tune bids for wind power projects in the Lorrain Valley, the area’s MPP is advising residents to ask hard questions.“That will either stop this project or make it the best project in Ontario,” said Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof.

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FIERY PROCEEDS

The annual Summerfest barbecue raised $2,168 for the New Liskeard Firemen’s Association. The annual fundraiser is staged with the help of Giant Tiger and its suppliers. Proceeds this year supported the firefighters’ entry in the dragon boat races, maintenance of vintage firefighting equipment, and the Bikers Reunion. Turning over

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caAugust 12, 2015NewsGiant Tiger, New Liskeard Firemen's Association

Testing confirms blue-green algae

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Testing has confirmed an algae bloom recently spotted at the New Liskeard beach was toxic blue-green algae.The Timiskaming Health Unit advises that contact can irritate the skin and eyes.Consuming the contaminated water can cause headaches, fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain and

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caAugust 12, 2015Newsalgae, Health

Heinz Dittmann

A German soldier’s memoriesDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LORRAIN TOWNSHIP -- Heinz Dittmann, 89, is always smiling, says his wife Gerda.He has had a successful life in Canada, and lives comfortably on the beautiful shore of Lake Temiskaming in Lorrain Township with children and grandchildren

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caAugust 12, 2015Newsveterans, WWII

Cobalt Train Station shines again

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="9183,9184,9182,9181"]COBALT -- The Cobalt Train Station has undergone a transformation.The building now features gleaming floors of crushed quartz, dark oak beams, ceilings and door frames.The pride of its earliest years has now been returned to the building, which was a key part

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caAugust 12, 2015Newscobalt, Cobalt Train Station

Investigation continuing into boaters’ deaths

TEMAGAMI (Staff)– Investigation is continuing into the deaths of a Harris Township couple whose bodies were found in a lake north of Temagami last week.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said foul play is not suspected in the deaths of Ginette Labonte, 51, and her husband, Rene Labonte, 54.

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The Temiskaming Speaker

Temiskaming Shores Community Newspaper

Never surrender

Three charged after houseboat stop

Raise wind concerns now: MPP

FIERY PROCEEDS

Testing confirms blue-green algae

Heinz Dittmann

Cobalt Train Station shines again

Investigation continuing into boaters’ deaths

Outage leaves 10,100 in the dark

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