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Toffee, the beloved dog of the Danville family of Sheshegwaning, had to have his leg amputated after allegedly being shot by someone in the community. Police are now conducting an investigation into animal cruelty.

Municipal leaders fear loss of revenue from property taxes

as Ontario pushes for 1990 treaty settlement

by Jim Moodie

MANITOULIN-Twenty years after it was negotiated and all but passed into law, the 1990 Manitoulin Land Claim Settlement Agreement between the province and six area First Nations is now close to being ratified. And that has some municipal leaders and landowners worried about the impact the final deal might have on tax revenue and property access.

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UCCM_police investigate spate of Sheshegwaning dog shootings

by Lindsay Kelly

SHESHEGWANING-A case of animal cruelty is raising the alarm in the West End community of Sheshegwaning, as a number of dogs are being found shot to death and injured within the First Nation's boundaries, some right on their owner's properties.

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Neighbours of turbine sites await ruling on defintion of

dwellings requiring setbacks

by Lindsay Kelly

MANITOULIN-Opponents of the Northland Power wind farm proposed for McLean's Mountain could lose their last chance at blocking the project when the ministry of the environment introduces new guidelines for designating receptors.

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by Jim Moodie

LAKE SUPERIOR-A particularly virulent and deadly type of fish disease has now spread to all five Great Lakes, with examples of VHS (viral hemorrhagic septicemia) recently discovered in Lake Superior.

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