Happiness and relief for Chris P.’s co-workers
Gordon Brock Speaker Editor HAILEYBURY – Some co-workers of Chris Parsons expressed happiness and relief upon learning that charges were laid in connection with his June 4, 2013, death.Mr. Parsons, 42, was found dead on that date at his Ferguson Avenue apartment in downtown Haileybury. On Friday, July 11,
The rabbit, the fox and the Jabberwock
[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe[/caption]The wonderful thing about movies is that they can be very incisive about making a point that people don’t really want to get.
Elk Lake making military history
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter ELK LAKE – Canada’s military history will take a run through Elk Lake on Labour Day.A commemorative relay honouring the one-hundredth anniversary of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry will reach Elk Lake September 1.Elk Lake is one of only three stops
Try your luck in Great Silver Nugget Race
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Silver, silver, silver, silver. Picture a hundred silver golf balls rolling down a hill, and one of them has your number on it. It’s the race of the year. It’s the Great Silver Nugget Race. Where is this happening? Where else could it possibly
FENCING MANOEUVRES
Rod Burnett was among the volunteers who gave the new fence at the New Liskeard fairgrounds’ riding ring a coat of paint. The aging fence, installed about ten years ago, was replaced with the help of $5,000 from the South Temiskaming Community Futures Development Corporation for materials. Volunteers tore
Temagami taking its medicine…with thanks
TEMAGAMI (Staff/Special) – Temagami’s lone doctor has received a municipal thank-you.Temagami council recently presented a plaque of appreciation to Stephen Goddard and the family health team at the community’s clinic.“You and your team make such a positive difference in the lives of patients in this area. We
Remembering the college
Aggies reuniting in AugustTEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – In 1994, the New Liskeard College of Agricultural Technology closed its doors.The classrooms have been turned over to Collège Boréal, Northern College, the district’s social services administration board, and government services.The fields, barns and labs are part
Transport driver charged
ENGLEHART (Staff) – A Toronto area man has been charged after a complaint about aggressive driving on Highway 11.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police were on patrol when they received a complaint about a transport truck June 22 near Englehart.Police say they located the southbound transport in question at
Haileybury man charged
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A Haileybury man has been charged after police responded to a complaint of erratic driving last week.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say they spotted the vehicle in question heading west on Highway 65 East at about 9:20 p.m. July 3.They stopped the vehicle, and
The many stories of Canada
[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe[/caption]My Canada Day this year was unique.I sat up on the evening of June 30 with my 90-year-old aunt and from the vantage-point of