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Drug Enforcement Unit established on Manitoulin Island
By Rosalind Russell – The United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin Anishnaabe Police has established its inaugural full-time Drug Enforcement Unit to combat drug trafficking, human trafficking, and organized crime to bolster the security of all communities on Manitoulin Island. Police Chief James … Continue reading
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Espanola honours its seniors – remembering Paul and Hester
By Rosalind Russell – The Espanola Lions Club hosted a turkey dinner to celebrate the 21st Anniversary of the Paul and Hester Zahorec Memorial Dinner this past weekend. Lions’ spokesperson Dario Laurenti says the dinner was held to honour over 200 of Espanola’s seniors … Continue reading
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Earth Day being observed at local area schools
By Rosalind Russell – Local area school students will be busy today, and throughout the week, marking Earth Day 2024. This year’s theme is Planet versus Plastics with students focusing on ways to reduce their use of plastics, not only at … Continue reading
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Update on Centennial Arena provided by contractor
By Rosalind Russell – The Public Services Standing Committee was provided an update on the Centennial Arena project in Elliot Lake with Dr. Dan Tingley of Wood Research and Design. Tingley says he expects the reconstruction of the arena, which needs … Continue reading
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Elliot Lake detour in place for road reconstruction
By Rosalind Russell – Elliot Lakers will see a detour in place this week due to road reconstruction on Hillside Drive North near the Seniors Park. Starting tomorrow, the detour will be in place until Friday and the bus stop located in … Continue reading
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Hydro planned outage set for the end of the month
By Rosalind Russell – Hydro One has rescheduled a planned outage to the end of the month of a Manitoulin Island community. According to the release, the utility had originally planned the outage for Wikwemikong April 14th, but had to … Continue reading
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Blind River council hosting public meeting focusing on local park
By Rosalind Russell – Blind River Town Council will be hosting a public session in late May focusing on one of their municipal parks and nesting turtles in the vicinity. Blind River resident, Ben Wiesner, asked council for the meeting … Continue reading
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Greater Sudbury council building new arena and events centre
By Rosalind Russell – Following years of discussion, Greater Sudbury council has finally made the decision to build a new arena/convention/events centre in the downtown rather than renovating the existing arena. At its meeting this week, Council unanimously voted to … Continue reading
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New treasurer for the Town of Espanola
By Rosalind Russell – Espanola Council has appointed a new treasurer to oversee the town’s financial affairs and strategic financial management. Julie Bouthillette brings over 10 years of public sector accounting experience with the majority being in the municipal sector … Continue reading
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Free home fire inspections by Town of Espanola
By Rosalind Russell – The Espanola Fire Department is offering free home inspections to residents. Fire Chief Mike Pichor says the inspections will start on Monday, April 29th. He says they are offering the inspections for two reasons, to assist … Continue reading