MANITOULIN–The union representing Rainbow District School Board’s elementary teachers (ETFO) has advised the Board that they will be staging a one-day protest on Friday, January 11. Rainbow District School Board has cancelled JK to Grade 8 classes in Sudbury, Espanola and Manitoulin on this day. Transportation is also cancelled for students who attend a Rainbow elementary school. It is important ... Read More »
MANITOWANING––James Gee of Manitowaning said he thought the clerk at the Mac’s Milk store where he and his family went to check a scratch and win ticket on Boxing Day must have thought she was in for trouble, as two full carloads of excited family members descended on her store. “The Mac’s store was the only place open on Boxing ... Read More »
As any year, 2012 had its share of ups and downs, highs and lows. There were, however, some notable events last year that merit a mention as we begin 2013. The Manitoulin Centennial Manor, as noted in stories in the final weeks of the year in this paper, was able to negotiate forgiveness of money deemed by the Ministry of ... Read More »
LITTLE CURRENT––While many commuters across Canada found their travel plans delayed by Idle No More protests, the demonstration at the venerable Little Current swing bridge actually sped up the process of getting off and onto Manitoulin Island on Saturday morning, thanks to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). Officers on both sides of the bridge were directing traffic through as soon ... Read More »
SUDBURY––The line in the sand drawn by the provincial government over contract negotiations with Ontario’s 130,000 elementary and secondary school teachers was crossed when the midnight on December 31, 2012 deadline for new contracts to be signed with local school boards passed. Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten invoked the new powers she was granted in the government’s controversial Bill 115 ... Read More »
LITTLE CURRENT—On Monday, January 7 the Northeast Town officially announced the resignation of Mayor Joe Chapman. Mr. Chapman submitted his resignation from his position as mayor effective December 31, 2012. “Mayor Chapman explained that his ever increasing professional and personal commitments are limiting his ability to continue to meet the demands of the mayor’s office at the level that the ... Read More »
To the Expositor: The province of Ontario has released its new Great Lakes Strategy. If the Liberal government provides the same support to this strategy as they have afforded the rest of Ontario’s natural resources for the past decade and more then this document is not worth the paper it is written on. You can find the document on the ... Read More »
To the Expositor: On a pre-Christmas weekend, when it would cause the most inconvenience, Natives played the big bully and blocked a major highway. It caused irritation and frustration. And now you are worried about hostility or resentment? Surely you didn’t expect all sweetness and light with that stunt? Your sign along Highway 6 says you want our respect coast ... Read More »
To the Expositor: The Mindemoya Minor Hockey League is selling raffle tickets for which second prize is a high-powered rifle. We would like to express our disapproval of having a gun as a prize. It is not appropriate to have young people selling tickets on a rifle. A rifle is a weapon that should be taken seriously, not promoted as ... Read More »
To the Expositor: I do see a benefit of our Native peoples living on reserves, as they’re great places for coalescing and promoting Native customs and heritage, but they’re poor places for integrating First Nations into the economic engine that drives Canada. In short, reserves are artificial creations in which people live apart from where the money is. All of ... Read More »
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