Manitoulin Streams volunteers clamber about Norton's Creek placing incubation chambers containing fertilized brook trout eggs into the frigid fast-running water of the spring-fed watercourse. Once the chambers are placed on the streambed, bags of clean gravel are poured around the chambers to keep them in place and provide a secondary refuge for the exiting fry. ...

This past few weeks has seen a banner number of special retail events organized by (or on behalf of) merchants during the important Christmas season. Several of them have been around for several years; others are new this year. But they all have this in common: with the promise of at least some good deals and ample promotion, people are more than willing to shop close to home. The Mindemoya Shopping Spree l ...

To the Expositor: While listening to CBC’s Morning North I heard a talk-back caller saying he thinks teachers are lazy and greedy and should stop complaining because everyone knows they have a really easy job. Strange, but every teacher I know feels that this is not really about money or sick days, this is about our government trying to take away our democratic right to be represented by a union. While the ...

LITTLE CURRENT—The Manitoulin Coalition for Safe Energy Alternatives (MCSEA) has withdrawn its appeal against the Ministry of Environment’s (MOE’s) Renewable Energy Approval (REA). MCSEA had planned to appeal the province’s recently announced REA for the McLean’s Mountain wind farm project. The decision was announced Monday after MCSEA had held a series of meetings over the weekend. “We have officially with ...

MINDEMOYA—It is easy to see that the Abbott family of Mindemoya absolutely love Christmas as their yard and house is done up spectacularly for the festive season. Actually, Frank and Janice Abbott and their daughter Shanelle start well before December with their decorations as they want everything to be ready by the deer hunt and the Journey to Bethlehem—and decorations there are! The large yard is filled e ...

OTTAWA––The federal government wasted no time in re-opening the barn doors on Oxycodone, one of the most widely abused prescription drugs in Canada. The day following the expiry of Purdue Pharma’s patent on Oxycodone, the active ingredient in the painkiller OxyContin (aka hillbilly heroin), Health Canada announced the go-ahead for six companies to produce generic versions of OxyContin. The lineup of those l ...

To the Expositor: Mr. Black, in response to your letter to the editor dated December 5, 2012 ‘Why does the Manor physically restrain a third of its residents?’, you sir have succeeded in painting a bleak picture of an institution such as Alcatraz. This sir, I assure you, is untrue. In having my dad there for almost three years, I am in the Manor daily to visit and I feel I can speak with a bit of experience ...

PROVIDENCE BAY––The news was pretty upbeat at the December 5 Manitoulin Island Community Abattoir (MICA) annual general meeting in Providence Bay, as MICA chair Birgit Martin and general manager Joan Brady announced that the long-awaited abattoir facility located on a 10-acre parcel of land just outside Providence Bay would soon be opening its doors. The new 4,200 square foot facility is a testament to the ...