To the Expositor: Once again this year, the Manitoulin Area Stewardship Council (MASC) will be looking for youths aged 15-20 to apply for our trapping course. Those interested should send a letter to the attention of: John Seabrook RR1, Site 1 Comp 9, Spring Bay, ON, P0P 2B0 describing their interest and explaining why they should be considered for this course, before May 31, 2013. Although both young men a ...

To the Expositor: The Conservative Party likes to say that it supports our farmers. The facts say otherwise. This month, a new Conservative federal-provincial agricultural agreement goes into effect setting the course for farming in Canada for the next five years, marking an unprecedented attack on programs designed to help farmers manage their risk—backstops necessary to farmers in tough times. Among the s ...

LITTLE CURRENT—Earlier this year, the Manitoulin Centennial Manor board accepted a financial report for the proposed expansion of the facility from KPMG consulting, which concluded that the proposed expansion to include seniors and or assisted living residents would not be financially beneficial, leaving the Continuum of Care Plan in limbo. A feasibility study that was previously done by SHS Consulting and ...

Almost six months ago, The Expositor printed a front page editorial, something that this or any paper rarely does, that urged the government of Ontario to dedicate a significant marketing strategy and a budget to go with it to the Chi-Cheemaun ferry service in light of its dwindling ridership. This was the same week that the Owen Sound Transportation Company, the operator of our ferry service, began its res ...

MANITOULIN—Manitoulin area First Nations can expect upcoming employment opportunities as a result of Mnidoo Mnising Power’s partnership with Northland Power Inc. (NPI) in the McLean’s Mountain wind farm project. The main construction company for the wind farm, HB White Canada, is currently seeking First Nation vendors and contractors to complete work on the project from hauling aggregates, providing bulk ga ...

To the Expositor: While doing some trip planning in Ontario in Prince Edward County, I came across the Glenora Ferry which connects Highway 33 from Glenora in Prince Edward County on the west side of the Bay of Quinte Channel, to Adolphuston on the East. It is a 21-car ferry which operates year round from 6 am to 1:45 am with 30 minute service. It is technically an island but it does have four road bridges ...

MCGREGOR BAY—The Canadian Coast Guard ship Samuel Risley was back in northern Georgian Bay waters last week, signaling the beginning of the spring maritime shipping season and, with it, bearing good news too. The Expositor spoke with Chief Officer Al Morris from the Samuel Risley while the ship was anchored in McGregor Bay. The vessel had cut a swath of ice through north Georgian Bay into the Fraser Channel ...

MANITOULIN—In the spirit of spring (which officially begins Wednesday) and Easter (Good Friday is next Friday, March 29 and Easter Sunday is March 31) The Expositor plans its first big Easter Egg Hunt with eggs hidden in the pages of next week’s (March 27) paper. In the spirit of the season, numbered eggs will be hidden in ads throughout the paper next week. Your job (and there will be prizes) is to search ...