Tom Sasvari The Recorder ELLIOT LAKE—A second casualty was confirmed on Wednesday in the Elliot Lake tragedy after a portion of the roof of the Algo Centre Mall collapsed on Saturday afternoon. Premier Dalton McGuinty had announced on Tuesday morning that crews would be dismantling the mall from the outside in as they attempted to rescue people trapped in the rubble. Unfortunately, the disaster has also hit ...

by Stacey Lavallie CANADA—Though the findings of a Federal Court Justice means a case regarding unequal funding for First Nations children will go before the Humans Rights Tribunal again, the Union of Ontario Indians (UOI) have concerns the process will drag on too long for kids already in the foster care system. Justice Anne Mactavish over-ruled a finding by the Humans Rights Tribunal in which it dismissed ...

by Stacey Lavallie FRANCE—A group of students from Manitoulin Secondary School are spending this week in Europe, with a good portion of the visit dedicated to a celebration of the 95th anniversary of the Canadian capture of Vimy Ridge in 1917 during the First World War. They, along with thousands of other Canadian students, were to march through a nearby town to the Canadian Vimy Ridge memorial where select ...

Tom Sasvari The Recorder MANITOULIN—Last week the Harper government’s controversial bill to end the long-gun registry passed in the House of Commons by a vote of 159-130, with Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes one of 130 MPs who voted in favour of keeping the registry. “I voted the same way I did the last time this came to a vote, to maintain the long-gun registry,” Ms. Hughes told the Recorder ...

by Robin Burridge MINDEMOYA—’O Canada,’ the newest book in the Chicken Soup For The Soul series features stories by and for Canadians, including one story by Haweater Rose McCormick Brandon entitled ‘Manitoulin Connections.’ ‘Manitoulin Connections’ is a short story in which Ms. Brandon reflects on her family’s relationship with the Island, as well as her own, as she struggles with her family’s decision to ...

To the Expositor: I again am surprised at how we voters/taxpayers, according to the media, are waiting for an apology from Peter McKay over our military hardware being used as his personal play toy at a huge cost. Mark my words, in the New Year we will be hearing of yet more cutbacks and slashes to the public sector, and all the while McKay and Harper wonder what has happened. To the politicians who are acc ...

by Stacey Lavallie MANITOULIN—Two years ago there were roughly 75 hockey referees associated with the Manitoulin Minor Hockey Association (MMHA). Last year, the number dropped to 58 and this year it fell further, bottoming out at 32. It’s a trend that’s costing minor hockey on Manitoulin, according to referee-in-chief Jason Thibault. “Wikwemikong doesn’t have a referee, neither does Manitowaning,” Mr. Thiba ...

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To the Expositor: As the holidays approach, large factories everywhere are kicking into high gear to provide us with monstrous piles of goods to give. As times are getting tougher and each of us wonders what to buy and where to buy, this could be the right time to start thinking outside of the “Big Box.” It’s time to buy local. To buy and give a gift that has its roots right here in Manitoulin. It is a good ...

To the Expositor: Re: November 2 editorial, Destroying records a ‘mean spirited’ move” Why on earth would we want to keep the records from the Long Gun Registry once it has been scrapped? They contain only about half of the long guns in Canada, the registry is filled with errors and has been hacked into over 300 times to become a shopping list for thieves. Further, premier Jean Charest was one of the fierce ...