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The name of the proposed new federal riding (Algoma-Manitoulin-Killarney) has a nice ring to it. That, and the fact that the acronym AMK that we’ve grown used to while Kapuskasing has been part of this electoral district will still stand up for headline writing. MP Carol Hughes expressed some concern in an interview on the issue in last week’s paper, particularly about adding a more industrial-leaning Livel ...

To the Expositor: The Stephen Harper government is fighting its deficit by slashing funding to all five Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) units in Canada, including the Toronto team on scene at the collapsed mall in Elliot Lake. For those of us who find our hearts being sad, and I am sure that is most of the readers, this is an example of a government out to ensure their fishing trips, limousines and de ...

The tragedy in Elliot Lake the weekend before last has given this North Shore community the most national exposure it has ever had. Sadly, the catapulting of this never-say-die community wasn’t because of its extremely successful retirement living initiative but because of the collapse of the rooftop parking lot of Elliot Lake’s Algo Centre Mall that ended the lives of two of its citizens. The drama of the ...

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 Alicia McCutcheon ELLIOT LAKE—Thoughts are with the people of Elliot Lake this week as they struggle to come to terms with tragedy after a portion of the roof of the Algo Centre Mall collapsed Saturday afternoon, leaving one person confirmed dead and tens more feared missing under the rubble. On Monday afternoon, fears worsened when, under an order from the Ontario Ministry of Labour, the search and resc ...

Tom Sasvari with files by Robin Burridge The Recorder KAGAWONG—A local member of Northwatch is warning residents of Manitoulin Island and the North Shore of the concerns the group has with underground storage of spent nuclear fuel rods being stored in the area. The communities of Elliot Lake, Blind River, Spanish and the North Shore Township are awaiting a response from the Nuclear Waste Management Organiza ...

by Robin Burridge ELLIOT LAKE—The Gore Bay Theatre (GBT) production of ‘The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine Girls,’ received three distinguished awards from the Quonta theatre festival held last week in Elliot Lake, including outstanding director, outstanding production and outstanding visual presentation. “We were very excited,” the production’s director, Walter Maskell, told The Expositor. “We went in to ...

by Robin Burridge LITTLE CURRENT—Meetings were held in both Espanola and Little Current last week for individuals interested in starting up a Manitoulin-North Shore lacrosse league. Both meetings were hosted by Whitefish River First Nation (WRFN) chief Franklin Paibomsai Shining Turtle, who has been working on establishing a league in the area since the fall of 2011. The proposed house league would have two ...

The Recorder OTTAWA—Canadians planning to retire at 65 with a little help from public pension plans are staring at a curve-ball thrown by the government, as the federal Tories are set to change the eligibility rules for Old Age Security (OAS), according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes. New Democrats are criticizing the trial balloon floated by Prime Minister Stephen Harper at meetings on th ...