WW II VETS
Seeking public’s assistanceSince the millennium, The Temiskaming Speaker has conducted interviews with World War II veterans. Most of these interviews were published in The Speaker’s annual Remembrance Day tabloids. These previously published articles will be put together for a book the paper plans to publish in late summer
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City building permits decline in ’14
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Building permits for construction valued at $8.3 million were issued in Temiskaming Shores last year.Building permits are a sign of growth.In 2014, single residential development represented almost one-third of the year’s tally.Five new housing starts made up almost $1.1 million, while renovations
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Frances Bullock
Cooking through the warDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter GOWGANDA -- Frances Bullock radiates energy and confident independence as she approaches her 91st birthday.Her home in Gowganda is reflective of decades of perfecting the art of providing for others.It’s a good sunny place, which is just right after
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Heroes in the Sky
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_7548" align="alignleft" width="500"] TemSAR member Matt Duke is pictured here on the left as a SARtech steps over the edge of the Hercules’ back
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The Best Seat
TemSAR (Temiskaming Search and Rescue) member Matt Duke was well tethered in as he perched on the edge of the Hercules’ open loading ramp high in the air to film the parachute jump of two SARtech (Search and Rescue technicians) in a training flight Sunday, April 12. For more
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Sudbury rally to press for hospital funding
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – A call for more funding for Temiskaming Hospital is joining a provincial campaign.A rally will be held at the Sudbury office of MPP Glenn Thibeault at noon Friday, April 17 to protest cuts at hospitals in New Liskeard and across the
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City stresses need for infrastructure help
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Help for roads, water services and sewage treatment was top of mind when city officials made their pre-budget case to federal officials.Infrastructure “is our main deficit, and that’s what most of the communities were looking at,” said Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman
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Phyllis Hall
In loving memory of Phyllis Hall who passed away at Health Sciences North, Sudbury, on Sunday, April 5, 2015, at the age of 87.Predeceased by her husband Frank, her
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Charges follow traffic complaint
ENGLEHART (Staff) – A Charlton man has been charged after police responded to a traffic complaint west of Englehart.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police report they located the vehicle in question at about 12:35 p.m. March 26 on Highway 560 in Charlton-Dack.Police have charged a 55-year-old Charlton man
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National Awards
Speaker recognized in five journalism categoriesTORONTO (Staff/Special) -- The Temiskaming Speaker received five national journalism awards and its weekend edition, The Weekender, received another in the Canadian Community Newspaper Association’s (CCNA) annual Better Newspaper Competition.This is the greatest number of awards won in a
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