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CARTER BAY—The 6,400 acre Carter Bay Eco-Development property, located on the south shore of Manitoulin, has undergone a conditional sale, says a real estate agent for CBRE, a commercial real estate company. The property had been listed for $3,750,000. Bryan VanAcker, a real...

MIDLAND—The International Joint Commission (IJC) may be intending to allow water levels in Lake Huron and Georgian Bay to drop by more than 1.25 metres (four feet) below current levels. Those levels are already at historically low levels, threatening shoreline wetlands,...

MANITOULIN—Thanks to the lobbying efforts of the Manitoulin Area Stewardship Council (MASC) and Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha, the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) will be holding a public meeting on Manitoulin Island concerning the proposed Great Lakes Protection Act on...

LITTLE CURRENT—The Manitoulin Area Stewardship Council (MASC) has secured yet another Manitoulin meeting for the general public, this time in regards to the proposed provincial Great Lakes Protection Act. Next Thursday, August 23 at the Northeast Town Recreation Centre in Little...

Tom Sasvari The Recorder MANITOULIN—Representatives of the Manitoulin Area Stewardship Council (MASC) are upset with Ministry of the Environment (MOE) officials for creating the Great Lakes Protection Act and forming a non-government guardian council to lead this project. MASC...

Tom Sasvari The Recorder GEORGIAN BAY—An official with the Georgian Bay Forever (GBF) group agrees with a representative of the Manitoulin Area Stewardship Council (MASC) that with the pressure put on by area residents in opposition to a ‘do nothing’ approach to decreasing water...

by Michael Erskine THUNDER BAY—Federal government cutbacks to the Marine Communications and Traffic Services program (Coast Guard Radio) will see 10 centres across Canada shut down in 2014, including the Thunder Bay office which serves Georgian Bay and the Manitoulin region. The...

by Alicia McCutcheon LITTLE CURRENT—This Sunday, July 15 marks the International Joint Commission’s (IJC) visit to Manitoulin and it is the last chance for Islanders to share with the six Canadian and American commissioners their thoughts regarding low water levels in Lake Huron....

by Alicia McCutcheon LAKE HURON—After travelling to port towns throughout the upper Great Lakes last year, including Kagawong, the International Upper Great Lakes Study Board released its final report without much good news for Lake Huron. According to the report, the study board...

Tom Sasvari The Recorder SPRING BAY—A member of the water advisory committee of the Manitoulin Area Stewardship Committee (MASC) is very skeptical of statements made by United States officials that no Asian carp have reached the Great Lakes. “In a word I’m very skeptical––I’ve...