MANITOULIN—Just in time for Christmas, the Little Current Lions Club commemorative medallion has arrived hot off the mint and is available for sale. With preparations well underway for the 100th anniversary of the Manitoulin swing bridge this coming July, the Little Current Lions jumped at the opportunity to create a celebratory medallion, which not only marks the historic bridge’s centennial in 2013, but a ...

To the Expositor: It is interesting of Shelley Pearen to choose the historical “sesquicentennial” anniversary of the fraudulent treaty of 1862 as the first in a series entitled, “Neighbours for 150 years: (September 12, page 1). While the sentiment for good neighbourly relations is appreciated, I think the emerging consciousness of the Ahnishnabek is based on a more impartial view of historical realities. I ...

WABUNO CHANNEL—It started off as a holiday weekend like any other for the Marshall family—one spent frolicking in the late summer sun, splashing and swimming in the North Channel’s pristine waters—that is, until the attack. Leslie Ryan-Marshall, a mother of two who hails from White’s Point, spent the Sunday of Labour Day weekend with her husband, two children, her mother, brother and his children boating th ...

Based on 1850 agreement,treaty money still $4/year TORONTO––It’s been 162 years since the chiefs and principle men of the Anishinaabe First Nations agreed to share their territory and resources under what has since become known as the Robinson Huron Treaty of 1850. Since that time, the descendants of those leaders have never received an acceptable accounting of the revenue and its disbursements. What those ...

Pauline Marois has been the premiere-elect of the minority Parti Quebecois government in Quebec’s National Assembly for over a week now. Hers is a separatist party and so she promises yet another referendum on Quebec’s future with the Canadian federation. We’ll see, as time goes by, how much interest Quebecois voters have in revisiting that emotionally-charged topic once again. A major outcome of last week’ ...

PROVIDENCE BAY—Hunted to the very brink of extinction, sandhill cranes have executed a most remarkable turnaround in their population numbers in an amazingly short period of time. Over the past four years doctoral candidate Everett Hanna of Longpoint Waterfowl and a group of post-graduate students have been collecting data on these remarkable birds in the Providence Bay/Spring Bay area. There was remarkably ...

LITTLE CURRENT - Police are searching for a white vehicle involved in a hit and run accident near the corner of Campbell and Hayward Streets in Little Current this morning. A man and his dog were out walking when they were both struck by the vehicle which then fled the scene. The man was slightly injured but the dog was killed. Manitoulin OPP are seeking information from anyone who may have witnessed a whit ...

MANITOULIN—With the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) having been discovered and confirmed on Manitoulin Island last fall, under federal ministerial order anyone moving ash tree materials or firewood of any kind off Manitoulin Island (or through the district regulated area) without written permission from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) may be fined or prosecuted. The destructive beetle spreads to new area ...

SUDBURY—A long time seasonal resident of Manitoulin and avid amateur golfer, finished the Canada wide Golftown National Amateur Series season ranked number one in Canada. Miquel Larocque, of Sudbury, who spent most of his childhood summers growing up in Providence Bay on Manitoulin Island and visits every year, won the national championship in August. And if that isn’t enough this past weekend, he won the P ...

MINDEMOYA—The Mayor of the Town of Espanola has implored the Minister of Natural Resources (MNR) not to close the local MNR office in Espanola. Meanwhile, the Municipality of Central Manitoulin is in support of calls by Espanola for the office to remain open. Mike Lehoux, mayor of the Town of Espanola told the Recorder after the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) annual conference last week, “we ...