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Pictures
August 25, 2010
This year’s Providence Bay Fair Ambassador Pageant brought out a host of bright young women from across Manitoulin. Winners, clockwise from front, were Fair Ambassador Rachel Maracle, Second Princess Alissa Still, Miss Congeniality Jessica Orr, and Fi...
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Editorial
August 25, 2010
Wedge issues. These are the political units that are almost always far more important symbolically than they are materially.
But a symbol holds tremendous power in and of itself, for people will consider it and then determine how it reflects their own sy...
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Letters
August 25, 2010
Theory of C02-driven climage change remains to be proven
To the Expositor:
Professor Phil Jones, the former head of research at the Climate Research Unit ( CRU) at the University of East Anglia, has stated: "For the past 15 years there has been no 'stat...
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by Lindsay Kelly
August 25, 2010
M'CHIGEENG—M'Chigeeng First Nation has established a new waste-collection program that includes recycling as part of its mandate.
The nascent waste-diversion program has been in effect since the spring, and after handing out recycling bins and educatin...
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by Sharon Jackson
August 25, 2010
KAGAWONG—Problems at the landfill site continue to plague Billings township residents and members of council.
The two major issues at hand are the fact that its assumed long-standing permit to burn appears to be missing, which means the burn pit can no...
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by Lindsay Kelly
August 25, 2010
MANITOULIN—Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 17, Diane Sims has lived most of her life with the illness—a surprise to her, since she was told that she would not live beyond her 35th birthday.
"I was told that I would be bedridden at 27 ...
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by Michael Erskine
August 25, 2010
WIKWEMIKONG—Chief Hazel Fox-Recollet was returned as chief of the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve with 375 votes following Sunday's tally of the August 21, 2010 election results. Chief Fox-Recollet prevailed in a field of 11 who were vying for the po...
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Death Notices
August 25, 2010
DAVID ANGUS STEPHEN MACKJuly 3, 1946 - August 17, 2010
In loving memory of Steve Mack, a resident of M'Chigeeng, who passed away after a lengthy illness at the Manitoulin Lodge, Gore Bay. He was born in London, Ontario, son of the late Bryce and Elizabet...
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Classifieds
August 25, 2010
SERVICES
Have you a DRINKING PROBLEM? Maybe Alcoholics Anonymous can help you. Meetings Wednesdays and Saturdays, 8 p.m. at St. Bernard's Church, Little Current. tfn
Alzheimer Support Group, Sudbury-Manitoulin. Support Groups --Everyone Welcom...
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Pictures
August 18, 2010
Jasmyn Galley, Jordanna Dedman, and Ronnie Wakegijig are all smiles as they settle in for their ride to the skies with pilot Lloyd Richards during a Young Eagles event at the Manitoulin East Municipal Airport.
photo by Michael Erskine
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Editorial
August 18, 2010
Residents of rural communities in Ontario often must wait until the September 10 deadline to discover who will be contending for a seat on local councils—casting glances of mild bemusement upon the summer-long contests being waged in larger urban centre...
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Letters
August 18, 2010
Manitoulin a summertime Shangri-La for northern visitor
To the Expositor:
I just recently spent a few glorious days on your Island enjoying one natural wonder after another.
The Creator has indeed blessed Manitoulin Island with a heavenly array of natu...
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by Michael Erskine
August 18, 2010
M'CHIGEENG—Manitoulin Island's Ojibwe language radio station, is now scheduled for to make its first broadcast in the M'Chigeeng area on August 23 for a three-week period.
"We are beginning our test broadcasting on Monday August 23, and having a statio...
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by Jim Moodie
August 18, 2010
MANITOULIN—Lunkers, root wads, weeping weirs.
Strange as these terms might sound, they're increasingly becoming part of the local lexicon as the Manitoulin Streams Improvement Association extends its reach across the Island, schooling many in the langu...
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by Jim Moodie
August 18, 2010
MANITOULIN—While there remains something of a national panic over the fate of lighthouses from coast to coast to coast, recent events suggest the future looks bright for Manitoulin's beacons.
The most graphic of these indicators came last week in Manit...
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by Jim Moodie
August 18, 2010
LAKE HURON—A small, slender fish that once made up a third of the commercial fishery on Lake Huron is now making a modest resurgence after a period of near-annihilation.
The lake herring, or cisco, as it is more properly called, may not be the most gla...
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Death Notices
August 18, 2010
FATHER RICHARD A. MACDONALD, s.j.
Father MacDonald passed away at Scarborough Centenary Hospital on August 6, 2010 in his 83rd year and 63rd year of Religious life. He was ordained a Jesuit priest on March 22, 1961. He was a Missionary in Darjeeling, ...
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Classifieds
August 18, 2010
SERVICES
Have you a DRINKING PROBLEM? Maybe Alcoholics Anonymous can help you. Meetings Wednesdays and Saturdays, 8 p.m. at St. Bernard's Church, Little Current. tfn
Alzheimer Support Group, Sudbury-Manitoulin. Support Groups --Everyone Welcome! For car...
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pictures
August 11, 2010
Paul Brandt and his band made sure the crowd left Low Island fully sated on Saturday. The Country Fest IV headliner occupies the pinnacle of Canadian country music and could fill an entire set without having to stray from his own top-10 hits.
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by Jim Moodie
August 11, 2010
MANITOULIN—The squeaky wheel got the asphalt.
On Friday, following months of pressure from cycling and safety advocates on Manitoulin, the province finally announced that shoulders will be paved "up to one metre wide" along 23 kilometres of Highway 6 n...
