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SHEGUIANDAH FIRST NATION—Monday was day 14 of the Sheguiandah First Nation protest, but in those 14 days, the protestors and Chief Orville Aguonie had still not met.The Expositor stopped by the protest encampment on Highway 6 on Monday and talked to Sheguiandah First Nation...

MANITOULIN—“This has just been a terrible year,” is how Gordon Township farmer Morris Hore summed up the summer season. Dry weather conditions has caused trouble for farmers across the Island, with water holes drying up, an increase in bugs and a less-than-average hay crop, to...

by Alicia McCutcheon SHEGUIANDAH FIRST NATION—The Sheguiandah First Nation has often been a community divided with decades-long rifts among families splitting the community apart over various issues. Over the past week, motorists driving along Highway 6 will have noticed an...

by Robin Burridge with files from Alicia McCutcheon LITTLE CURRENT—When the estimated 300 Manitoulin residents turned out last Sunday (July 15) to both participate in and observe the presentations to the full board of the International Joint Commission (IJC) on dropping Lake...

by Alicia McCutcheon AUNDECK OMNI KANING—A 20-year-old Aundeck Omni Kaning (AOK) man had an encounter with the invasive giant hogweed plant late last month, an encounter that’s left him with wounds, scars and a loss of tolerance to sunlight. Nick McGraw explained that he was...

by Robin Burridge with files from Alicia McCutcheon M’CHIGEENG—M’Chigeeng First Nation Chief Joe Hare is calling for the stop of ‘carry home’ methadone treatment after the death of M’Chigeeng resident Daniel Dallas Joseph Anwhatin earlier this month––a fatality the chief suspects...

by Alicia McCutcheon ASSIGINACK—Bud Rohn, a colourful member of the Assiginack council for many years, passed away recently during his first term as the township’s reeve. During his last days, Mr. Rohn spent time working on a letter to the residents of Assiginack and his wife...

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 On Thursday, June 21, at approximately 3 pm at Dad’s Sales and Service in Ice Lake, Mr. Gatchell was at the West End business to pick up belongings from the sale of his house, located on Poplar Road, his sister Sandra Berthelot explained. Mr. Gatchell and the...

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...