Gino ChitaroniTHE BACKGROUNDNorthern Ontario Heritage Party candidate Gino Chitaroni, 51, maintains residents and business interests in both Cobalt and Coleman Township.He has a Bachelor
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – What should the government be doing? And how should it be paid for?Government spending, taxes and services led the debate when four Timiskaming-Cochrane candidates met at the Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club last week.It’s business, not government, that drives the economy, said
Vote June 12On Thursday, June 12 we vote in a provincial election. Public opinion polls and pundits tell us this election is too close to call.At this time The Temiskaming Speaker continues its election tradition of not officially endorsing a candidate.We’ve never been so presumptuous to
by Wayne GreenOn the eve of Ontario’s general election it must be noted that five weeks of intense campaigning by the three main political parties do not seem to have made much of an impression on the province’s population. Just as they were when the Legislature was dissolved back
This week’s question is….“Is there anything an MPP can do to stop the riding’s declining population?”My vision is jobs will keep people here and attract others Liberal
Vanthof says no overconfidence in re-election bidGordon Brock Speaker Editor NEW LISKEARD – Timiskaming-Cochrane’s incumbent New Democratic Party (NDP) MPP John Vanthof officially opened his Temiskaming Shores campaign office Tuesday evening May 20 saying he and his staff are not taking “anything” for granted in his re-election
Political NotebookCommittee rooms and campaign offices are being opened, officially or otherwise, as the political parties get their respective electoral machines in order for the June 12 provincial vote.If nothing else, the setting up of campaign rooms in a community adds, albeit briefly, to the vibrancy of a
With the Ontario election campaign just getting underway, it is too soon to speculate about the possible outcome of the June 12 vote, although at least one public opinion poll has already reported a trend in favour of Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne. No doubt there will be other
Gordon Brock Speaker Editor DISTRICT – Week One of the 41st general election in the Province of Ontario officially begins this week. Temiskaming voters will join their counterparts across the province in selecting a new government for the province on June 12.Last Friday, May 2, Ontario Liberal Premier Kathleen
NDP to focus on “pocketbook issues”Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Ontarians heading to the polls will face “very different visions of the province,” says Temiskaming’s incumbent New Democrat MPP.The contrast is starkest between New Democrats and Progressive Conservatives, said MPP John Vanthof as he prepared for
