ESPANOLA--Tips from the public are helping police catch impaired drivers on our streets, roads and highways. The latest instance of this came yesterday, Thursday, September 27, on Highway 17 in the Espanola area. Members of the Espanola OPP detachment were notified of a possible impaired driver after a motorist reported seeing a vehicle fail to stop for a red light at the Highway 6 and Highway 17 junction. ...

GORDON—A seasonal resident’s cottage on Smith Bay was destroyed in a fire on Tuesday morning of this week. The fire destroyed the large log cabin, owned by Jason Gibson and his family, residents of Sudbury. The blaze took place at about 11:20 am Tuesday morning and was observed by two area residents who made a 911 emergency call to the Gore Bay/Gordon Volunteer Fire Department and the Ontario Provincial Pol ...

GORE BAY—Residents made their concerns known on several issues in regards to the possibility of water meters being installed at homes and businesses in Gore Bay at a public meeting last week. The 100 or so people in attendance questioned the need for water meters, why exact costs for having meters hasn’t been determined yet (for individual users), and why the town doesn’t fix the current water lines/infrast ...

MANITOULIN—The Manitoulin Amateur Radio Club are the winners of the annual Ontario QSO Party 2012 ham radio competition. “For members of our club, this type of event is part of club activity and kin to our emergency radio service training,” said Jim McLean, vice president of the Manitoulin club, last week. “Our guys don’t go out in the freezing cold because they like to, and on the day the contest took plac ...

ESPANOLA—The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) is looking at a proposal to go to a five region system in the province, instead of the current district set up. This could mean some good news for snowmobile enthusiasts on Manitoulin Island, in the form of reduced snowmobile trail permits. “The OFSC is talking about going to a zone-region system and we’re kind of hoping this will happen,” said Sue ...

SOUTH BAYMOUTH—The Owen Sound Transportation Company (OSTC) terminal in South Baymouth was packed last evening (Wednesday, September 26) as concerned Islanders came out to share their ideas with consultants hired by the OSTC to find answers to why ridership on the Chi-Cheemaun has plummeted 22 percent since 2005. Jean-Francois Arsenault and Jean-Francois Pelletier, consultants with CPCS a transportation con ...

SUDBURY—The deadline to indicate a desire to make a presentation to the Electoral Boundaries Commission on the redistribution of ridings for the 2015 election is fast approaching. In order to be on the schedule for the 2 pm meeting at Tom Davies Square in Sudbury, presenters must signify their intent to appear before the commission or present a written submission by October 1. The indication of intent does ...

LAKE WOLSEY--The human remains discovered on Thursday, September 20 by a hunter near Lake Wolsey in Gordon Township have been identified as those of Alfons Jauernig, the 78-year-old man who went missing from his Stone's Lake home in May of 2010. Mr. Jauernig was reported missing by his wife on May 27, 2010 shortly after 9 pm after he wandered from his home near Coburn and Poplar Roads just south of Gore Bay ...

SILVER WATER—A 20-year-old woman has quite the trophy in the form of a 350 pound black bear after killing the animal during her very first bear hunt on Labour Day weekend. The bear had previously been a “nuisance bear” in the Silver Water area. Laura Norrish, a third-year nursing student at York University and a summer resident of Manitoulin, visits her family cottage on Barrie Island each year and in fact, ...

February 23, 1974 To September 16, 2012 In loving memory of Pamela May Pheasant who passed away on September 16, 2012 at the age of 38 years. Dear daughter of Kenneth Pheasant (Nadine) and Margaret “Suss” Pheasant (Gordie) of South Bay “Dooganing”. Dear sister of Samson Pheasant, Daniel Pheasant, Trisha Knauf (Steve) and Jeremiah Pheasant (Heather). Dear friend of Ray Charles Trudeau of Wikwemikong. Loving ...