MANITOULIN—Three Providence Bay residents were presented with Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Commissioner’s Lifesaving Citation for Lifesaving awards for the actions they took when a 76-year-old man, an acquaintance of the three, was seriously injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident on May 6. As well, four Manitoulin OPP civilian staff and police officers were recognized with long service awards. Michae ...

MONTREAL—Heather Graham, originally from Gore Bay, but who now lives in Barrie, is a member of the Ontario team that won the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship last Saturday afternoon at the TMR Curling Club in Montreal. “It was a bit of a blur, it was a long week, but certainly winning was an incredible experience,” stated Ms. Graham on Monday after returning home. She is vice on the team that is skipped ...

MINDEMOYA—Officials with the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) are encouraging property owners who feel their current property value assessment isn’t correct to bring forward these concerns. “At the end of the day the biggest question for a property owner is, ‘can I sell this property for this amount that it has been assessed at’?” stated Pete Fortin, municipal relations representative for th ...

OTTAWA—The lobbying of Carol Hughes, MP for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, in the House of Commons last week appears to be bearing fruit as the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans is now considering providing additional funds for a new roof to replace the tarp being installed as a temporary fix for the Mississagi Lighthouse. “What jumped out at me is that they will consider funding,” said Rick Nelson ...

WHITEFISH FALLS--On Wednesday, November 28 at 11:47 am, Manitoulin OPP received a call reporting of a single vehicle rollover that just occurred on Hwy 6 about five kilometres south of Whitefish Falls. Police arrived on scene to find that 1998 Black Plymouth neon had broken through guardrails and had gone over the embankment and rolled over coming to rest in a ditch. Police quickly discovered that the drive ...

SUDBURY--The Sudbury and District Health Unit is reporting the first laboratory confirmed case of seasonal influenza virus, type A for the City of Greater Sudbury. Influenza activity has been slowly increasing across the province over the last number of weeks and the Health Unit is encouraging all residents to protect themselves and others from the influenza virus by getting the free flu shot. Influenza, or ...

PROVIDENCE BAY––The highly anticipated abattoir in Providence Bay is nearing completion and environmental science entrepreneur Lloyd Rozema and his assistant Bernie Breukleman were onsite recently planting bulrushes as part of a state-of-the-art natural lagoon treatment system. “I like to use bulrushes because they are very resilient,” said Mr. Rozema, president of Aqua Treatment Technologies, a Niagara reg ...

LITTLE CURRENT—The date has been set for the Environmental Review Tribunal preliminary hearing concerning the recent appeal from the Manitoulin Coalition for Safe Energy Alternatives (MCSEA) against the Ministry of Environment’s (MOE) Renewable Energy Approval (REA) of Northland Power’s (NPI) McLean’s Mountain wind farm project. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, December 18 at 1 pm at the Lions Den in th ...

To the Expositor: For the Army Corps of Engineers, The Lake Huron Lakes levels have never, never, never, ever been even close to this low level we have now. Environment Canada water resources engineer Chuck Southam saw the picture I took last December of the water level (‘Historical water levels show fluctuation, but steady decrease over half century, March 14, page 3) from the late 1960s to now. Chuck trie ...

M’CHIGEENG—‘Women 4 Women,’ a self-help group for women who have been sexually abused or assaulted, will be starting up in the New Year on the M’Chigeeng First Nation. The support group will be open to any women on the Island or surrounding area with an information evening being held on Wednesday, December 5 at M’Chigeeng’s Saswaahns Spiritual Centre from 6 to 8 pm. The group will be facilitated by Kate Tho ...