MANITOULIN MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION OFFICIAL STANDINGS AS OF FEBRUARY 11, 2013  # TYKE  GP(15)  W  L  T  PTS  GF  GA  PIM  1. MINDEMOYA 11 9 2 0 18  77 29 0 2. GORE BAY 11 8 2 1 17  67 43 0 3. MANITOWANING 12 5 6 1 11  72 73 0 4. LITTLE CURRENT 11 5 6 0 10  69 41 2 4. WIKY 11 5 6 0 10  62 65 4 6. M’CHIGEENG 12 0 12 0 0  23 110 0 #  NOVICE  GP(20)  W  L  T  PTS  GF  GA  PIM  1. MINDEMOYA 17 17 0 0 34  231 6 ...

MANITOULIN—As the 19A Water Street (methadone) Clinic in Little Current prepares to close its doors this Friday, February 15, communities across Manitoulin are struggling to come up with solutions to help fill the upcoming gap. Last week The Expositor reported that it had heard from an anonymous source that M’Chigeeng First Nation had decided to open a temporary methadone clinic to service its band members. ...

LITTLE CURRENT—The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) sent a letter to the Northeast Town last week in response to a claim filed by a client of the 19A Water Street (methadone) Clinic sparked by the upcoming closure of the Little Current clinic this Friday, February 15. Last month, the clinic building owners, Robinson’s Pharmacy Group, were contacted by the Northeast Town, informing them that they must ...

To the Expositor: Residents of Manitoulin Island feel like “cellophane people” when we read articles written by the likes of Bob Barnett of the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy. Again Mr. Barnett lobbies the Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Michael Gravelle, for our tax dollars to restore Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) funding to EBC’s coffers so that he can finance the appraisals and legal work requ ...

To the Expositor: Yesterday morning, like many mornings at around 6 am, two of my neighbours started our vehicles to warm up so we could head to work or off to the gym. We usual mumble a quick ‘hi,’ jump in our respective vehicles and start a busy productive day because we are idle no more. Before joining the gym, I’d spend a fair amount of time sitting idly on the couch. Now my husband and I surround ourse ...

MANITOULIN—The rainy weather Monday of this week hasn’t dampened the spirits of members of the Manitoulin Snowdusters who were busy grooming the trails to ready the Island for what they hope to be a busy weekend, with the Easter Seals charity Snowarama event and also the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) ‘Try our Trails’ permit launch. Sue Middaugh, Snowdusters secretary, explained that her two ...

To the Expositor: Manitoulin Island Cycling Advocates (MICA) wishes to thank MP Carol Hughes and MPP Michael Mantha for their quick and wholehearted support regarding the Georgian Bay Cycling Route (GBCR) project. Carol Hughes has supported us right from the beginning. She was personally present, lobbying with us for paved shoulders on Hwy 6 in the spring of 2010. In December 2010 MICA was founded. MICA wis ...

OTTAWA—A petition which circulated on Manitoulin, urging the federal government to make low water levels in Lake Huron a priority and which garnered over 3,000 signatures from both Islanders and those with an interest in Lake Huron levels, was tabled in Parliament last week. On Wednesday, Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes marshalled a group of New Democrats, including Northern Ontario MPs Claude ...

Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenny last week added his public support to a back bench Conservation MP who has been promoting a private member’s bill that would see dual-citizenship Canadians stripped of the Canadian portion of their citizenship should it be proven that they had engaged in terrorist activities anywhere in the world. Mr. Kenny’s interest in the private member’s proposal may have the aff ...