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		<title>OxyContin changing format to bypass abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.manitoulin.ca/2012/02/22/oxycontin-changing-format-to-bypass-abuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Alicia McCutcheon ONTARIO—In the latest move under Ontario’s Narcotic Strategy, the government announced last week that the narcotic OxyContin, manufactured by Purdue Pharma, would be pulled from pharmacy shelves across Canada by the end of this month in an attempt to curb abuse of the highly addictive painkiller. OxyContin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridging connections &#8211; Expositor gets inside look as historic bridge facelift nears completion</title>
		<link>http://www.manitoulin.ca/2012/02/22/bridging-connections-expositor-gets-inside-look-as-historic-bridge-facelift-nears-completion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.manitoulin.ca/?p=2227</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the current installment of a series that will focus on Manitoulin’s iconic swing bridge which, in 2013, will celebrate a century of service as Manitoulin Island’s physical, year-round link with the mainland. This series, which will lead to festivities planned around next year’s centennial event, seeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An open letter to the community members of Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation</title>
		<link>http://www.manitoulin.ca/2012/02/22/an-open-letter-to-the-community-members-of-aundeck-omni-kaning-first-nation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.manitoulin.ca/?p=2239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To the Expositor: The meeting held on Monday, February 13 on the hotel project, as indicated by Aundeck Omni Kaning Chief Patsy Corbiere, was an information session only and consequently, a closed door council meeting held on Tuesday, February 14 was intended to sign off on a “partnership agreement” for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Brown helped make Algoma-Manitoulin ‘just a little bit better’</title>
		<link>http://www.manitoulin.ca/2012/02/22/mike-brown-helped-make-algoma-manitoulin-just-a-little-bit-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Brown was retired last fall by the Algoma-Manitoulin electorate from his position as member of the Ontario legislature for the Algoma-Manitoulin riding. Even though he had represented Manitoulin Island and the rest of this riding for more than 24 years, people very quickly forget about the accomplishments of “former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Why not cold fusion, thorium, Tesla and gravity waves’?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.manitoulin.ca/?p=2237</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To the Expositor: You really do have to question why these people are persisting in writing and talking about how good windmills are. There’s not even that many still left around let alone them even operating on the old farm homestead anyway. I haven’t heard of any anti-windmill groups or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KATHRYN MACDONALD</title>
		<link>http://www.manitoulin.ca/2012/02/22/kathryn-macdonald/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is with deep regret that we must announce that Kathryn has lost her valiant multi-year battle with cancer. She passed away peacefully at Sakura House Hospice, Woodstock, Ontario on Thursday, February 16, 2012 in her 49th year. Beloved wife of 27 years and best friend of Steven Douglas MacDonald [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drummond Report &#8211; ‘Wait and see’ approach characterizes Northern responses</title>
		<link>http://www.manitoulin.ca/2012/02/22/drummond-report-wait-and-see-approach-characterizes-northern-responses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.manitoulin.ca/2012/02/22/drummond-report-wait-and-see-approach-characterizes-northern-responses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Stacey Lavallie NORTHERN ONTARIO—Just days after the release of the anticipated 2012 Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services, a.k.a. the Drummond Report, opposition MPPs and health, education and services providers are weighing in. Vic Fedeli, the former mayor of North Bay and one of the only Progressive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drummond Report &#8211; Commission predicts doubled debt if changes not soon made</title>
		<link>http://www.manitoulin.ca/2012/02/22/drummond-report-commission-predicts-doubled-debt-if-changes-not-soon-made/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Stacey Lavallie QUEEN’S PARK—The news contained in the 2012 Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services report is as grim as the commission’s chair, Don Drummond, warned: Cut spending or go bankrupt. Ontario currently sits at a debt of $16 billion, but if the province were to freeze [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Nations should be consulted for new Official Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.manitoulin.ca/2012/02/22/first-nations-should-be-consulted-for-new-official-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.manitoulin.ca/?p=2235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To the Expositor: With regards to the February 8 page 1 article ‘Manitoulin Official Plan review seeks citizens for two-year task,’ the statement, “First Nation communities are not covered by the Official Plan.” I suggest that, in one way or another, the plan does, in fact, impact First Nations simply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shipping containers bylaw amendment rejected by council</title>
		<link>http://www.manitoulin.ca/2012/02/17/shipping-containers-bylaw-amendment-rejected-by-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.manitoulin.ca/2012/02/17/shipping-containers-bylaw-amendment-rejected-by-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Sasvari The Recorder MINDEMOYA—Central Manitoulin Council has rejected a bylaw amendment concerning the controversial shipping containers issue. Patricia MacDonald, acting reeve, told the Recorder the proposed bylaw change was voted on and defeated by council last week. “Council defeated the motion to do the bylaw. People wanting to use [...]]]></description>
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