The Manitoulin Expositor

LITTLE CURRENT—Little Current will soon be a one-drugstore town, as the Island IDA on Water Street is poised to close up shop this month.

“Because of the new government legislation, unfortunately the marketplace cannot support two functioning pharmacies,” said owner Stacey Shipton, whose family also operates Robinson’s Pharmasave in Espanola. “It’s very sad that this is what we’re faced with, but we have to make decisions based on the financial reality.”

MANITOULIN—It may have been the first time that Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath had set foot on Manitoulin, but it wasn’t like she was landing on the moon.

The MPP is no stranger to our craggy limestone terrain, having grown up in the shadow of the Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton—a city she still calls home, and represents in the legislature as the member for Hamilton East.