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Mark Popowich of Lively took up position in his deer stand near 10-Mile Point on opening day hoping a specimen like the captured earlier on a motion-sensor camera he set up near his hunting station, would stray into shooting range. As of Monday the nine-point buck had eluded Mr. Popowich and the others in his hunting party.

photo at left by John Savage

Be careful up there!

Deer stands offer sniping advantage but also pose risk of serious injury

by Jim Moodie

MANITOULIN-You see them here and there across Manitoulin, spiking skeletally from the edges of fields and forests like tree forts for grownups or a kid's conception of a sentry tower.

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Council blesses zoning change for Prov Bay's abattoir location

by Jim Moodie

MINDEMOYA-The Island slaughterhouse project is moving (mooving?) steadily forward, with approval granted last week by Central Manitoulin Township for a rezoning of municipal property at Monument and Cranston roads to facilitate the development.

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OPP_investigates woman's remains discovered near Prov's Blue Road

PROVIDENCE BAY-The OPP's Northeast Regional Crime Unit has been brought in to investigate following the death of a 47-year-old Manitoulin resident near Providence Bay last Sunday.

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MANITOULIN-Community clinics providing the H1N1 shot remain postponed until further notice, but the Sudbury and District Health Unit is now expanding the priority group, and setting up elementary school-based clinics.

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