The costumes are all made, the pumpkins have been carved into spooky jack-o-lanterns, and the candy bowl is overflowing with tasty treats. Halloween is here and soon little ghosts, goblins, and witches will soon be knocking on your door shouting out those familiar words--Trick or Treat! Halloween is a fun night for both young and old. It is also a night where parents, children and drivers must keep safety i ...

Less than a week from now, our U.S. neighbours will have selected a new president or chosen to give President Obama a second four-year term. No matter how U.S. elections unfold, in particular where the president’s office is in play, the sheer scope and drama of the entire epic is riveting to most Canadians as the next door neighbours sharing the same dominant language and cultural heritage. Yet our approach ...

MINDEMOYA––A recent meeting in Mindemoya of local stakeholders that included a solid representation of growers, producers, distributors and consumers sought to discern the future direction of the local food movement on Manitoulin, and that future seems destined to flourish and grow. The plethora of bad news coming out of the national and provincial food distributions systems, including the recent recall of ...

To the Expositor: I believe that Manitoulin Centennial Manor (Manor) has an important role to play in our community of Manitoulin as our municipally run long term care (LTC) facility. When the Manor’s board of management called a meeting for May 30 to discuss their reported $1.2 million accumulated deficit, they invited all municipal councillors and the public. I prepared myself for the meeting by learning ...

MANITOULIN––Helicopter-borne repair crews braved gale force winds to replace shattered windows in the Duck Island lighthouse recently, stopping by the lighthouse at Strawberry Island to apply some timely caulking to the cupola around the light. “I am pleased to see the repairs taking place,” said Manitoulin Lighthouse Committee co-chair Bill Caesar. Although the repairs fall somewhat short of what is needed ...

M’CHIGEENG––“Reconciliation belongs to all of us,” said Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Marie Wilson during her opening remarks at the recent hearings at the M’Chigeeng First Nation community centre. “It is an ongoing individual and collective process. The work of reconciliation is the responsibility of all of us.” The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was in M’Chigeeng First Nation to hold hearings ...

MANITOULIN––Mike Wilton lives on Dominion Bay on Manitoulin’s Lake Huron shoreline, directly south of Gore Bay. He’s inclined towards the preservation of the planet both by his thoughtful nature and as a result of his career working in Algonquin Park. But when he looks at his shoreline in the property he and his wife Marge decided to make their retirement home, he sees the water of Lake Huron lapping the sh ...

THUNDER BAY––Aborginal women in many of Canada’s communities, remote or otherwise, are among the most vulnerable in our society. Aboriginal women living in Northern Ontario can feel particularly isolated and many have experienced some form of violence or abuse, compounded by the belief they have nowhere to turn for help when they need it. The Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) has recently taken conc ...

June 3, 1935 – October 26, 2012 In loving memory of Maurice Migwans, a resident of the Wikwemikong Nursing Home, and formerly of M’Chigeeng, who passed away at the Nursing Home on Friday, October 26, 2012 at the age of 77 years. He was born in West Bay, son of the late David and Madeline (Debassige) Migwans. Maurice had worked as a lumberjack for KVP (E.B. Eddy) in his working years. He also liked to play b ...

LITTLE CURRENT—A petition signed by 3,619 Manitoulin residents, visitors and friends has been presented to a representative for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes, calling on government officials to increase their efforts significantly to halt and reverse the ongoing loss of water from the Great Lakes Basin in general and the Lake Huron/Michigan/Georgian Bay/North Channel Basin in particular. The ...