GORE BAY—Gore Bay council has given its support to two Manitoulin municipalities on concerns relating to low water levels and the need for dredging to take place in South Baymouth for safe passage of the Chi-Cheemaun ferry. Gore Bay Mayor Ron Lane pointed out at a meeting of council on Monday, the town has received a letter-resolution from the Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands relating to low ...

MANITOULIN—While not surprised that the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) in Northern Ontario is closing, representatives of the Northern Ontario Aquaculture Association (NOAA) are disappointed this is the case due to the research and studies to come out of the ELA over the years. “We have used the research that has been done at ELA, but it’s no surprise it is being looked at for closure,” said Todd Gordon of t ...

NORTH BAY—From the smallest community represented at the QUONTA Festival, the Espanola Little Theatre (ELT) vied with North Bay’s Gateway Theatre Guild, Thorneloe Theatre and Cambrian College of Sudbury, the Sault Theatre Workshop and Elliot Lake’s ELATE for recognition of its work at the hands of Gore Bay’s Walter Maskel. The ELT play ‘Looking’ by Norm Foster impressed adjudicator Michael Hennessy and at t ...