• school
    Both sides must wear last Friday’s classroom chaos

    The chaos thrust upon Ontario’s families last Friday, resulting from the most recent public episode in the feud between the Ontario government and its elementary and secondary teaching professionals, is a clear demonstration of the need for...

    • Posted January 16, 2013
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  • fibre-optics
    Bell outage tests Island emergency plans

    MANITOULIN—Telephone service was temporarily down last Friday across Manitoulin and the North Shore after a Bell Canada fibre-optic line was severed in Lively during construction, prompting communities on the Island to evoke emergency plans as 911 service...

    • Posted January 16, 2013
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  • Idle No More- Ottawa
    Writer congratulates protestors

    To the Expositor: I want to congratulate the protestors for standing up for their rights against the government and it’s about time because this Bill C-45 is just going to destroy everything; the land itself and the...

    • Posted January 16, 2013
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  • New-mayor
    Mayor Al MacNevin heads Northeast council

    LITTLE CURRENT—In a unanimous vote at last Tuesday’s council meeting, Councillor Al MacNevin was elected as the new Northeast Town mayor. Council began the process by carrying a motion to declare the seat vacant after reviewing a...

    • Posted January 16, 2013
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  • George Robert Cosby

    In loving memory of George Robert Cosby who passed away at the Manitoulin Health Centre on Friday evening, January 11, 2013 at the age of 80. Predeceased by parents Robert and Pearl Cosby. Survived by sisters Mildred...

    • Posted January 15, 2013
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  • Bayward Thomas Martin

    In loving memory of Bayward Thomas Martin who died at the Mindemoya Hospital on Thursday, December 27, 2012 at the age of 79 years old. Survived by wife Laura (nee Maude) and son Earl (wife Frances). Bayward...

    • Posted January 15, 2013
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  • Wilma “Willie” Eileen White

    Wilma “Willie” Eileen White passed away suddenly at Health Sciences North, Sudbury, on Monday, January 7, 2013 at the age of 54. Dear mother of Joshua (Crystal). Proud gramma of Braden, Madison and Christiaan. Beloved daughter of...

    • Posted January 15, 2013
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  • Outage-emergency-response
    Due to downed phone lines, emergency measures in place for Manitoulin

    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...

    • Posted January 11, 2013
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  • Ottawa-20130111-00407
    Idle No More in Ottawa January 11

    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...

    • Posted January 11, 2013
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  • IJC
    Pending IJC’s recommendations, water levels continue to decline

    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...

    • Posted January 11, 2013
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