City council keeping committee system as-is

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – How city council conducts its business was on the agenda last week.And after some discussion, Temiskaming Shores council opted to maintain the status quo.It currently operates under a committee system, in which three elected council

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caDecember 9, 2015Politicstemiskaming shores

City appoints interim CBO

TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The chief building official with a regional association has been named to the same post in Temiskaming Shores on an interim basis.City council appointed Clayton Seymour of the Temiskaming Municipal Building Association, which covers 21 municipalities in the district, as its interim chief building

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caDecember 9, 2015PoliticsTemiskaming Municipal Building Association

Suspend further Hydro One sales: MPP

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_2733" align="alignleft" width="250"] John Vanthof[/caption]DISTRICT – Temiskaming’s MPP says it’s not too late for the province to cancel plans to sell further sales of Hydro One shares.

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ONTC “finding efficiencies”

Ontario Northland bus route cuts concern MPPDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT -- Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof is expressing concern that Ontario Northland’s direction on the motor coach service will result in “a self-sustaining prophecy in which it is just going to wither and die”.Ontario Northland has recently

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caNovember 11, 2015PoliticsOntario Northland, transportation

Staffing changes at city hall

Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – There have been some staffing changes at city hall.Temiskaming Shores Mayor Carman Kidd confirmed that three staffers – community growth and planning director Karen Beauchamp, chief building official (CBO) Norm Desjardins, and bylaw and property standards officer Matt Del Monte –

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caNovember 11, 2015Politics

Will Trudeaumania 2 bring Real Change?

BY WAYNE GREENTrudeaumania 2 is an intriguing concept for someone who observed the original political phenomenon back in 1968. Although the Liberal sweep of election races across Canada on October19 has not generally been given this suggested title in media reports, there are certainly similarities in Justin Trudeau’s

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caOctober 28, 2015PoliticsCanada elections, federal election 2015, Liberal Party of Canada, Trudeau

“An engaged population”

Anthony Rota wins back Nipissing-Timskaming seatDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter NORTH BAY -- Close to 300 people in a sea of red stood and sang O Canada at the Davedi Club in North Bay Monday evening, October 19.“one people whose differences don’t divide us - they make us

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caOctober 21, 2015PoliticsCanada elections, federal election 2015, voting

The Liberal Win

The theme of the October 19 federal election campaign – one of the longest and the most expensive in Canadian history – was that two-thirds of Canadians wanted change.But the question was: would that change go to one party or it would be split allowing the nine-and-a-half year

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caOctober 21, 2015PoliticsCanada elections, federal election 2015, Liberal Party of Canada

“The greatest experience”

Aspin reflects on his term and his futureDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter NORTH BAY -- Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Jay Aspin was gracious as he reflected on the loss of the riding Monday evening, October 19, to Liberal Anthony Rota.Meeting with about 50 of his supporters who had gathered at Boston

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caOctober 21, 2015PoliticsCanada elections, Conservative Party, federal election 2015

Green candidate says voice was heard

Gordon Brock Speaker Editor NORTH BAY – Nipissing-Timiskaming Green Party candidate Nicole Peltier has mixed feelings about the results of the October 19 election.Ms. Peltier finished fourth out of four candidates, collecting 1,277 votes, or three per cent of the vote.During an election night telephone interview from

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speakeradmin webmaster@northernontario.caOctober 21, 2015PoliticsCanada elections, federal election 2015, Green Party

The Temiskaming Speaker

Temiskaming Shores Community Newspaper

City council keeping committee system as-is

City appoints interim CBO

Suspend further Hydro One sales: MPP

ONTC “finding efficiencies”

Staffing changes at city hall

Will Trudeaumania 2 bring Real Change?

“An engaged population”

The Liberal Win

“The greatest experience”

Green candidate says voice was heard