Sustainability, stability and equality
[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe[/caption]Like many others, I am a great fan of Downton Abbey.We can’t help cheering for Lord Grantham, who is determined that he will look
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Blood donor clinic set for August 19
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – It can take 50 blood donors to help a car crash victim.That’s the message that Canadian Blood Services hopes potential donors hear.Summer usually sees the demand for blood rise, “but there are fewer donors,” said Kerns Township firefighter Mark Wilson.To restock supplies,
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Police patrols net Elk Lake charges
ELK LAKE (Staff) – Recent patrols in Elk Lake resulted in charges related to impaired driving.On July 29, Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say an officer observed a pick-up being driven aggressively at about 9:15 p.m. on Pine Street.Police stopped the vehicle.The driver, a 54-year-old James Township
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Incumbents running for Northeastern Catholic seats
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Incumbents have announced they are seeking re-election to the Northeastern Catholic District School Board.Board chair Rick Brassard and trustee Steve Malciw will run for the two seats representing the Englehart and Kirkland Lake areas on the regional English Catholic board.Incumbent Martin Drainville of
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Managing diabetes
Timiskaming program marks 20 yearsDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Twenty years ago, people newly diagnosed with diabetes were admitted to hospital to start insulin treatment.And now?“It’s done within an hour here,” said Joanne Potter, a registered nurse and certified diabetes educator with the
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Diabetes Expo expanding
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The Timiskaming Diabetes Program was established in 1994 to teach people how to live with the chronic condition.Its staff take in conventions to remain up to date on the latest research and treatments.Information is shared with the general public at open houses every
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Shining light on history of Timmins diocese
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY -- The preservation of the heritage and memories of local history is a passion for local historian and author Florent Heroux.From the towering splendour of the Holy Cross Church in Haileybury, to the artifacts overlooked and forgotten in the grass of a once
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A good life – Signe (Olson) Byberg turns 100 years young
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Signe Olson Byberg will celebrate her 100th birthday this coming August 19.There are celebrations being planned at her son’s home in Port Perry, Ontario and in Welland, Ontario, where she has lived since 2010.She is a former resident
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LAST NEWSPAPERMAN
Former Kapuskasing Times publisher and Temiskaming Speaker columnist Wayne Green has written a book about his newspaper days called “The Last Newspaperman.” He donated a copy to the Haileybury branch of the Temiskaming Shores Library on July 17. Accepting the book from Mr. Green was library chief executive officer/head
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Charlton man fined for fire violation
KIRKLAND LAKE (Special) – A fire that required provincial help to extinguish has left a Charlton man with a bill for more than $3,000.The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reports that a fine and bill for firefighting costs related to a 2013 fire were levied earlier
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