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QUEEN’S PARK––Local politicians are joining Northern Ontario NDP MPPs, in their frustration concerning job and service cuts involving the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) taking place across Northern Ontario. “Something is really rotten in the state of Denmark,” stated an...

MANITOULIN—The Northern Ontario Country Music Association (NOCMA) will recognize two Manitoulin Island musicians this year at their annual music awards weekend. “Glen McDougall of Manitoulin Island is being inducted into the Northern Ontario Country Music Hall of Fame,” stated...

Says it would benefit both MNR and anglers MANITOULIN—The recent vandalism to Cold Water Fisheries cage nets in the North Channel has caused the president of the Northern Ontario Aquaculture Association and proprietor of Meeker’s Aquaculture to reflect on the upside of having...

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...

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...

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...

Tom Sasvari with files from Stacey Lavallie The Recorder EVANSVILLE—The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) has endorsed a motion passed earlier this year by the Manitoulin Municipal Association (MMA) on the latter’s concerns regarding the 1990 Manitoulin lands...

by Stacey Lavallie NORTH BAY—The decision of the provincial government to “download its responsibilities” to the municipalities in regards to the still unresolved 1990 land claims agreement was the subject of a unanimous resolution at the annual conference of the Federation of...

News that the City of Greater Sudbury will be the site of Cliffs Natural Resources’ new $1.8 billion chromite smelter was greeted with jubilation in that city, with plenty of good reason. The 450 full time jobs the smelter will create will be heartily augmented by an equal number...

by Alicia McCutcheon WIKWEMIKONG—During the one-year memorial of his friend and partner in medicine, Dr. Jack Bailey shared in the sunrise ceremony at the medicine lodge at the Nahndahweh Tchigehgamig Wikwemikong Health Centre he and the late Ron Wakegijig worked so hard to...