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OTTAWA—The first shoe has dropped in proposed changes to the electoral boundaries in Northern Ontario, and although the devil is in the details, the news that the independent electoral commission has proposed retaining 10 ridings in Northern Ontario despite a continuing drop in...

WIKWEMIKONG––A slick black ooze seeping from several of the 50-odd oil wells drilled between the mid-1800s and 1950 on Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve lands may be threatening that community’s water supply, and the reserve’s Department of Lands and Natural Resources wants the...

BURPEE MILLS—A petition requesting that the provincial government cease and desist in declaring lands tax exempt has been making the rounds in the Township of Burpee Mills and beyond under the stewardship, and with the blessing, of the municipal council. Councillor Wayne Bailey...

Michael Erskine The Recorder SHEGUIANDAH—The grand council of the Union of Ontario Indians (Anishinabek Nation) made history during the June 5 to 6 gathering at Sheguiandah First Nation. Beneath coloured banners bearing clan symbols, the leaders of the communities comprising the...

by Michael Erskine OTTAWA—There are big changes in the way Employment Insurance (EI) operates coming early next year and if you live and work in a region heavily dominated by seasonal industries, like most of the North, the news is not looking good. “We are extremely concerned...

Michael Erskine The Recorder M’CHIGEENG—The text message from 15-year-old Colin Lloyd to his mother was one that would startle any parent. “I just about died,” read the text, according to his father Greg Lloyd. The text filled in more detail in typically maddening teenaged...

LITTLE CURRENT–On Thursday, March 15 at 10:50 am, Manitoulin OPP received information about a woman found with no vital signs at a residence situated on Hayward Street in Little Current. OPP officers attended the scene, confirmed the sudden death and contacted the coroner....

by Michael Erskine MANITOULIN––The assault on Manitoulin forest stands is intensifying. Following on the heels of reports that the emerald ash borer has been found in Sheguiandah, recent findings released by Bioforest Technologies Inc. indicate that a widespread outbreak of the...

by Michael Erskine OTTAWA—The first batch of details from the 2011 national census have been examined by the seers at Statistics Canada and the prognosis for the North is not encouraging, but despite the renewed decline in population across Northeastern Ontario, most of...

by Michael Erskine LITTLE CURRENT—The past decade has been a long hard grind for Diane Lecuyer, but the feisty diminutive Little Current double-lung transplant recipient has been counting her many blessings after returning home last month, determined to make the best of her new...