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In loving memory of Mary Elizabeth Bond. It is with deep sadness and regret that we announce the passing of Mary Elizabeth Bond, at the Mindemoya Hospital with her daughter at her side, on December 13, 2012 at the age of 68. Reunited with her loving husband Willis Bond...

In loving memory of Phyllis Dean Sokolowski “Deannie” who died suddenly at her home in Kingston on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at the age of 57. Beloved mother of Stephanie of Bloomfield and her father George Sokolowski. Dear daughter of Robert Wilson and Phyllis (nee McLean)...

January 22, 1931 – December 11, 2012 In loving memory of Jean Bebamash, a member of M’Chigeeng First Nation, who passed away surrounded by her family at Health Sciences North, Sudbury on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at the age of 81 years. She was born in M’Chigeeng First Nation....

November 27, 1926 – December 10, 2012 Wallace Howard Dinsmore died peacefully at the Mindemoya Hospital on Monday, December 10, 2012 at the age of 86. Predeceased by his parents Christina (nee Campbell) and Gordon Dinsmore. Predeceased by sister Helen (1937). Survived by...

MANITOULIN–The union representing Rainbow District School Board’s elementary teachers (ETFO) has advised the Board that they will withdraw their services on Monday, December 17. Rainbow District School Board has cancelled JK to Grade 8 classes in Sudbury, Espanola and...

GORE BAY­­––Delays have again taken place for the reopening of the Crown Attorney’s office space at the Gore Bay Court Office, due to concerns of air samples containing mould having been found through a consultants study. Brendan Crawley, with the Communications Branch of the...

COCKBURN ISLAND—The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has announced it has purchased and now owns title to just over 22,300 acres of property on Cockburn Island. “We are very excited about all of this,” said John Grant of the NCC in an interview with the Recorder last Friday. He...

GORE BAY—The Gore Bay Fish and Game Club (GBFGC) wants the current Fisheries Management Zone 10 bass regulations to remain status quo. “We want to keep the regulations as they are currently,” said Chris Robinson, chair of the GBFGC after a meeting last week. “We want the catch...

GORE BAY—Gore Bay council is seeking further input from residents before making a final decision on whether water meters will be installed in the town. Gore Bay Mayor Ron Lane welcomed the nine residents who attended a council meeting Monday. “This issue has been on council’s...

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...