MANITOULIN--Telephone service is temporarily down across Manitoulin and the North Shore after a Bell Canada fibre-optic line was severed in Lively. Community calls are working (calls made to and from the same phone exchange, i.e. 368), but in case of emergency, residents are advised to go to their local fire department call their municipal office as 911 is not currently available. "North Shore communities a ...

First Nation members from across Canada gathered in Ottawa to support their leaders in a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Protestors blocked the entrance to the building containing the prime minister’s office, but most of the chiefs were already inside for the meeting. A contingent from Manitoulin were on the Hill in Ottawa making their presence known as the Idle No More movement gained steam. ph ...

MANITOULIN—While it is expected that the International Joint Commission (IJC) for Canada and the United States will conclude its deliberations and make recommendations early in 2013 on water managements, flows and regulations, preliminary results from the US Army Corps of Engineers showed Lakes Michigan and Huron closed the year with the lowest December levels on record. “We have received a letter from the ...

MANITOULIN—The Manitoulin Health Centre (MHC) has received some good news in regards to funding towards replacing aging hospital infrastructure. “This is very good news, because for five years we had received Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund (HIRF) funding from the North East Local Health Integrated Network (NELHIN), but last year we didn’t receive any funding through this program,” said Derek Graham, chi ...

MANITOULIN—The North East Local Health Integrated Network (NELHIN) has approved a pilot project and funding for the non-urgent patient transfer system. The pilot project has been approved for the LaCloche-Manitoulin proposal partnership, submitted by the Espanola Regional Hospital, Manitoulin Health Centre and the Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board (MSDSB), said Fern Dominelli, CAO of the DSB, last ...

TORONTO—The Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy (EBC) is asking for public support in relating concerns to the Minister of Natural Resources (MNR) in regards to the provincial government having abandoned providing funding for land conservation. A story published in the Niagara Escarpment Views Winter 2012-2013 edition notes, “land trusts attempt to continue to conserve nature reserves, despite the virtual stop ...