Remembering Dr. Pace
DISTRICT (Staff) – Much of the Temiskaming community is in shock upon learning of the death of well-known doctor Peter-John Pace.Here are some comments:OWEN SMITHNew Liskeard lawyer Owen Smith said “PJ Pace was an amazingly compassionate
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Hospital reacts
Planning underway for Dr. Pace’s patients’ care transitionDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Temiskaming Hospital is coordinating steps to ensure ongoing care for the patients of a long-time New Liskeard physician who died in a collision earlier this week.The hospital implemented a quick response team upon learning of the death of Peter-John
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Driving on Hwy. 11
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- In the face of numerous accidents and road closures on Highway 11 recently, The Speaker contacted the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to ask about winter road maintenance standards on the highway.MTO spokesperson Gordan Rennie responded and outlined the standards the MTO responds to during the winter.SALTThere
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Voices in the Silence
[caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignleft" width="200"] Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe[/caption]It’s strange to walk through Cobalt.Long ago, close to three-billion years ago, the world was a churning mass of lava. The lava cooled and rock
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Police Beat
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A New Liskeard man has been charged after a vehicle struck a tree in the town on New Year’s Day.Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police say an officer on patrol observed a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed on Cedar Avenue at about 4:20 a.m.Police say
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Reviewing 2013 – Part 2
Month by month continued from December 30th SpeakerWEEK OF OCTOBER 2, 2013Haileybury campus expecting student growth spurtTEMISKAMING SHORES – First-year student enrolment is expected to rise substantially at Northern College’s Haileybury campus this year.Preliminary enrolment figures, based on the number of first-year students who have confirmed their acceptance of offers
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Winter storm blasts Temiskaming
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Many in the Temiskaming region woke up Monday morning, January 6 to a pile of snow, high winds and a threat of a deep freeze by day’s end.Environment Canada had predicted about 15 to 20 centimeters of snow would fall overnight and the amount of snowfall
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HWY. 11 CRASH
No one was injured when a southbound tractor-trailer suddenly crossed Highway 11 south of the rail crossing outside Temagami at about 10:45 a.m. Sunday, January 5. The truck came to rest in the north ditch in deep snow and facing north after striking a utility pole. The Temagami fire department
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Reviewing 2013
WEEK OF JANUARY 9, 2013The First of 2013DISTRICT -- Zachary Quinn was the first baby of 2013 born at the Temiskaming Hospital, arriving on Wednesday, January 2. Parents Evan Quinn and Katrina Lalonde of Swastika welcomed the baby brother for sister Mackenzie, 4, and brother Aiden Quinn, 5, at 11:31
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Top Ten Stories of 2013
DISTRICT (Staff) – Here are the top ten news stories of 2013 as selected by The Temiskaming Speaker’s editorial department.1. The murder of Chris Parsons leaves community in shock and disbelief over the killing of the well-known 42-year-old Haileybury resident.2. Kenneth Reese found not guilty of the 2010 murder of
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