Archive for January, 2009

Constant vigilance required in management of group home It is commendable that communities agree to the establishment within their boundaries of homes where young people with particular emotional needs or unsettled backgrounds can be housed while trained staff work with them towards modifying their responses. In common parlance, they are [...]

by Lindsay Kelly MANITOULIN-An announcement by the provincial government that the Ontario federal Gas Tax Fund extension agreement has been signed is good news for Manitoulin municipalities. The extension of the Gas Tax Fund-a program that supports environmentally sustainable municipal infrastructure that contributes to cleaner air, cleaner water and reduced [...]

WHITE’S POINT-Every true Islander knows that the best way to survive the Canadian winter is to make it as much fun as possible. To this end, Dave Organ of White’s Point outside Little Current has erected a 16-foot masterpiece of fun in his garage. For years, Mr. Organ had been [...]

WIKWEMIKONG-Teams from as far away as Sagamok and Sudbury will be travelling to the Island this coming weekend for the January 10 Road Hockey Tournament in Wikwemikong. Teams will be testing their skills among other teams from the island for supremacy and bragging rights, but most of all prize money. [...]

by Jim Moodie MANITOULIN-A year since the Manitoulin Livestock Co-operative gained the endorsement of members to sell off any or all of its assets, each of the businesses operated by the long-running agricultural enterprise now appears to have a taker. “We have letters of intent signed for all our properties [...]

by Jim Moodie MANITOULIN-’Twas the season to shovel roofs, bail basements, burn candles, and file a few insurance claims. Christmas came with another wallop of white stuff to cap the snowiest December on record for many areas, including nearby Sudbury, only to be promptly followed by a sudden thaw and [...]