PROVIDENCE BAY—The Manitoulin Island Community Abattoir (MICA) was opened up last Friday to allow members and stakeholders a sneak peek of the facility prior to its official opening later this fall. And everyone is excited about the building itself and the fact that it will soon be open. “I worked at Maple Leaf Foods, which was more into chicken processing,” said David Brady, assistant manager of the abatto ...

COCKBURN ISLAND—The reeve of Cockburn Island feels that township council will be able to work with the community and the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) to come to a satisfactory resolution to concerns with the proposed purchase of 22,000 acres of property by NCC. “I’m more positive about the whole issue after our meeting (with John Grant of NCC) last week,” said David Haight. “I think we will be able to ...

MINDEMOYA—Central Manitoulin council is requesting that officials with the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) attend an upcoming meeting after concerns were raised by residents regarding the increase in their property assessments. “I know I’ve been getting all kinds of calls and nothing but complaints from people about the increase in their assessments,” stated Councillor Derek Stephens at a r ...

ONTARIO—Although appreciative of the many years of service Dalton McGuinty has provided to the province of Ontario as its premier, Michael Mantha, MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, is upset Mr. McGuinty (who announced his resignation on Monday) has prorogued the Legislature. “We are appreciative of Mr. McGuinty’s many years of service to Ontario, but we do not support his decision on proroguing the leg ...