MINDEMOYA—Concerns were raised at a meeting last week as to the possible closure of the Manitowaning detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in the future. “I just wanted to ask about the rumours that the detachment office in Manitowaning is scheduled to close in the near future,” asked Les Fields, an Assiginack township councillor at a Manitoulin Community Police Advisory Committee (MPAC) meeting ...

MANITOULIN—The Manitoulin Municipal Association (MMA) should request another meeting with Ministry of Transportation (MTO) and DBi officials regarding its concerns with highway road conditions on Manitoulin this winter, Staff Sergeant Kevin Webb, detachment commander of the Manitoulin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), suggested at a meeting last week. “On the issue of highway conditions, there has been a lot ...

GORE BAY—Gore Bay water users have made it clear they do not favour the installation of proposed water meters in the town with a group of Gore Bay residents gathering over 300 signatures of local businesses and homeowners who are opposed to the idea. “We had said as a council we would discuss the outcome of the water survey we sent out (to water users) at our March meeting, and it is obvious by the results ...