Council puts brakes on truck purchase

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Cost ended up trumping data collection when the city went shopping for new light-duty trucks.The vehicle purchases were prompted when an annual inspection found four of Temiskaming Shores’ trucks were suffering from structural fatigue and were considered unsafe to drive.Council

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caFebruary 10, 2016News

Feedback sought on Patients First

NORTH BAY (Staff/Special) – The region’s health care planner wants to know what the public thinks of proposed changes to Ontario’s health care system.The North East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) is seeking feedback on the discussion paper Patients First: A Proposal to Strengthen Patient-Centred Care in Ontario.

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CCAC services status quo as reform proposed

SUDBURY (Special/Staff) – A proposal to realign some health care delivery is now on the table.Among the recommendations in Patients First – A Proposal to Strengthen Patient-Centred Health Care in Ontario is the takeover of community care access centre (CCAC) services by local health integration networks.

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The character of our roots

[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe[/caption]The study of genealogy raises interesting questions about our culture, our inherited traits, and even our way of thinking.About six years ago I began

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Two companies maintain Northeast Highway 11

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- Complaints have been reported regarding a marked difference in the condition of Highway 11 after a storm on the highway south of Temagami.Ontario Ministry of Transportation Northeast Region spokesperson Gordan Rennie told The Speaker that Highway 11 between North Bay and Cochrane

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Snowmobile safety is always a priority

DISTRICT (Special) — The Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have been informed there was a snowmobile operating on the Wabi Bridge located on Armstrong Street North in New Liskeard. Police say this is a safety concern and this type of action is against the law.They

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Flowers of the winter night

[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe[/caption]Words...People have evolved over many millions of years to be able to express themselves with words.Their need to relate to one another important

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DTSSAB asked to freeze non-union wages

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Cobalt council has supported a resolution calling on the District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) to freeze the wages of non-unionized salaried employees for two years.The following evening, Englehart council threw the resolution out.The resolution was being circulated from

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Cobalt looking at options for aging plow

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Cobalt council is looking at the need to replace an aging plow in the near future.But at the same time the town is getting ready to start taking a hard look at its 2016 budget.The two scenarios do not line up

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Mystery light suspected to be a meteor

Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- A number of area residents saw a bright light flash through the night sky Thursday, January 7, but a definitive answer about what caused it is not yet known.Royal Astronomical Society of Canada executive director Randy Attwood, of Ottawa, believes it was

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The Temiskaming Speaker

Temiskaming Shores Community Newspaper

Council puts brakes on truck purchase

Feedback sought on Patients First

CCAC services status quo as reform proposed

The character of our roots

Two companies maintain Northeast Highway 11

Snowmobile safety is always a priority

Flowers of the winter night

DTSSAB asked to freeze non-union wages

Cobalt looking at options for aging plow

Mystery light suspected to be a meteor