Charges laid in attempted break-in
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A Haileybury man faces several charges after an attempted break-in at a business last week.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police said they were called to a Haileybury business at about 10:20 p.m. February 24.Police say the suspect had fled the scene on foot.Members of
Province offers $1.5 million for city water project
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The city has received $1.52 million from the province to link the Dymond and New Liskeard water systems.The funding is expected to cover almost three-quarters of the cost of the project, which will take the Dymond wells out of commission and
LATCHFORD PRIDE
Special Olympics Ontario, Special Olympics International, People First Canada, and over 200 global organizations are supporting an important initiative called the “Spread the Word to End the Word”. The goal is to inspire respect and acceptance through raising awareness about the R-word, and its hurtful impact towards people with
COLEMAN SPREADS THE WORD
A campaign to end the use of a term widely considered derogatory has the endorsement of Coleman council. Coleman Council recently “took the pledge” and declared March 4 “Spread the word to end the word” day. In this photo, back row from left, are councillors Lois Perry and Sue
Spruce Drive reconstruction beginning
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – Reconstruction of the main street in Temagami North will get underway this summer.Temagami has been allocated for $1.67 million for the replacement of water and sanitary sewer mains on Spruce Drive.The existing infrastructure is relatively new.It was installed in the
Englehart High School HONOUR ROLL
ENGLEHART (Staff-special) – The following is Englehart High School’s (EHS) Honour Roll for Semester 1, Term 2 (Final) for the marking period ending January 30, 2015, for full-time students.According to information sent to The Speaker from EHS “As per District School Board Ontario North East Senior Administration level
Speed limit cut requested
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The owner of a Lakeshore Road business would like to see traffic slowed down.Murray Walton of New Liskeard Sheet Metal Works has asked Temiskaming Shores to extend the 50-kilometre-per-hour (km/h) speed limit a little further south past his business.In a letter to city
Fines levied for ’13 hunting violations
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – Fines of $4,500 have been levied against a Cobalt couple and a North Bay man for hunting violations in 2013.The case was heard in the Ontario Court of Justice in Haileybury February 12.The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reports that it
Olive David turns 104
Super-senior thanks her lucky genesSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — As Olive David sat in the cafeteria of the Extendicare Tri-Town Nursing Home in Haileybury this week, staff, friends and members of her family burst into a round of “Happy Birthday”.It was her 104th birthday on
Tallying the cost of healthy eating
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The cost to keep a family well fed in Temiskaming is going up.And while it costs more to feed a family in Temiskaming than the provincial average, local costs are rising more slowly than in Ontario as a whole.The data is found in the