TIMMINS (Special/Staff) – As the Northeastern Catholic school board heads into the final year of its mandate, familiar faces will be at the head of the trustees’ table.On December 13, the incumbent chair and vice-chair were acclaimed to their posts for 2013-14.As he returned to the chair’s seat, Englehart and
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Straight from the Hip
Why does Brian Burke need a sour song-and-dance for everything he does? Now instead of just cutting the final couple of players from Team USA (Bobby Ryan and Keith Yandle) he has to send out some hurtful dialogue with the decision.The good news is that both players challenged his comments
Tri-Town Bowling Results
POLAR ICE SUNDAY MIXEDMidjim Dépanneur 72BNS Corner Gas 69Tri-Town Bowling 60Polar PortableSign Rentals 59Petals 53Grant Fuels 51JR Printing 49JD Roofing 35High AveragesLadies:Joanne Webster 193Darlo Chevrier 190Esther McCarrel 190Men:Harold Briscoe 200John Young 199Larry Olsen 196Frank Manton 196High TripleLadies:Jacinthe Morin 590Men:Allen Morris 687High SingleLadies:Darlo Chevrier 253Men:Kim Lapointe 277Team High SingleJD Roofing 1404Team
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
Vehicle Accident – Update
Two-vehicle accident outside New Liskeard
DISTRICT (Staff) — A 15-year-old male was transported by air ambulance to Ottawa Monday morning, December 30 after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 11 outside New Liskeard.
The 15-year-old male was a passenger in the car involved in a collision with a minivan at the intersection of Highway 11 and Rockley Road at approximately 10 a.m.
Two other occupants in the car were taken by ambulance to hospital to be treated for non life-threatening injuries, according to the Ontario Provincial Police.
Two of the four occupants in the minivan were also transported by ambulance to the hospital for non life-threatening injuries, police stated.
Police are investigating the collision with the assistance of the Ontario Provincial Police Technical Traffic Collision Investigation Unit.
The highway was closed along the highway bypass of New Liskeard as the collision was being investigated.
More details will be in the January 8 Speaker.
Personality of the Year
Sarah Marsden: A champion for anti-bullying campaignSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — When you call someone a champion it’s usually because they have taken on a cause and made a difference in their community.They have worked with a goal to help others and raise awareness.Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie student 15 year-old
Story of the Year
Gordon Brock Speaker Editor The Murder of Chris ParsonsDISTRICT – From the time in June the police called his death a homicide and right through to year’s end the questions have remained the same concerning the death of Chris Parsons.Who would want to hurt him and why?Mr. Parsons, known better to some
A Cry for Justice
GORDON BROCK Speaker Editor Year ends with two unresolved murders and remembrance for a young Earlton teenDISTRICT – From early in 2013 to year’s end, the common thread in our community throughout the past 12 months seemed to be a cry for justice. Many of the top news stories in Temiskaming this
Jeffery Douglas Foat
Jeffery Douglas “Jeff” Foat died peacefully at the age of 55 at the Temiskaming Hospital on Saturday, December 21, 2013 following a long illness.He was born May 13, 1958 at Long Beach,
Truman Augustus Kelly
New Liskeard resident Truman Augustus Kelly died December 17, 2013.He was born in Bancroft, Ontario, on March 20, 1916, to J. James W. Kelly and Florence Ella Connell.Educated in Bancroft and New Liskeard, Mr.