To the Expositor: Mr. Bud McConnell deserves hearty thanks for his November 14 Letter to the editor in The Expositor, where he assures us that he is well cared for as a resident at Manitoulin Centennial Manor (‘Manor resident responds to writer’s dismay, page 4). The next time I’m in Little Current, I hope to meet Mr. McConnell in person, if he is willing. When the board refused to answer my concerns about ...

To the Expositor: In response to the letters written by Annette Pearson (‘Animals deserve to be treated with humanity,’ November 21, page 4) and Bev Lynch (‘Writer agrees with letter demanding better treatment of dogs,’ November 28, page 4), kudos to both of you. I was the one who contacted the Human Society about those dogs a couple of years ago. They can not go on a reserve so I go in touch with PETA (Peo ...

BIDWELL­­––Islanders tend to be irresistibly drawn back to the blessed shores of Manitoulin, but for one ursine expatriate this past summer, following that urge to return proved fatal. Paula Fields was staying at a camp near Wee Point on Lake Manitou this past summer when she heard a commotion out on the porch. With a room full of children behind her, Ms. Fields pulled up the blind, expecting to see a racco ...

To the Expositor: On November 11, at a Remembrance Day ceremony in the Kagawong Park Centre, students from Manitoulin Secondary School gave a slide show about a spring field trip they had taken to historic European battlefields where Canadians had fought in the past. At the end of their presentation I was given a momento of their trip. It was from the students to the board of the Kagawong Cenotaph. The mome ...

To the Expositor: Our son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter live in Rockville. As we usually do on the first weekend of December, we came up to visit and go to the Journey to Bethlehem. Getting ready for Christmas, I also usually stop on the side of the road somewhere to gather some boughs to take back for our outdoor Christmas containers. Saturday morning I went down Gibraltar Road, pulled over to the sid ...

LAKE HURON—Low water levels, invasive species, pollution and the most recent thing to worry about in our Great Lakes? Plastics, specifically ‘microplastics.’ In a July study of the Great Lakes, Dr. Sherri Mason, a chemistry professor at the State University of New York at Fredonia in New York State has found that of all the Great Lakes she has sampled (Superior, Huron and Erie), each one contained high amou ...

LITTLE CURRENT—The ‘stay of approval’ requested by the Manitoulin Coalition for Safe Energy Alternatives (MCSEA) when it filed for an appeal against the Ministry of Environment’s (MOE) Renewable Energy Approval last month for Northland Power’s (NPI) McLean’s Mountain wind farm project has been denied. “The stay of approval request aspect of our appeal has been denied,” wrote MCSEA spokesperson Raymond Beaud ...

TORONTO­­––Members of Ontario’s secondary school union voted Monday to withdraw from participation in all extracurricular activities effective December 10. “The temperature has been turned up a notch,” Ken Coran, the president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF), said at a press conference in Toronto. Mr. Coran said that while extracurricular activities will stop after December 10, ...

December 22, 1954 - November 25, 2012 Beloved husband of Cindy Lee (nee Patterson). Loved father of Samantha (William Benedict) of Chatham and Anthony “Tony” of Sarnia. Loving grandpa of Brianna, Aurora, Kyle and Dallas. Dear stepson of Bev McFarlane of Providence Bay and stepbrother of Merdick, Greg, Miles, Eddie, Brenda McAllister and Mona Bryan. Predeceased by daughter Mary Ann, his parents Albert and An ...

 Eleanor will be sadly missed by husband Ross and son Tom and his wife Connie. Beloved Grandmother of Amy Clark (Dave), Craig Harrison (Stacey), Katelyn, Candace (Jacob) and Karen. Great grandmother of Hailey. Will also be missed by her brother Wayne Cosby (Carol) and sister-in-law Natalie Cosby. Predeceased by daughter Betty-Lynn and her brother Jim. Eleanor loved her garden and her flowers. Visitation was ...