A sweet donation was made by the Sables-Spanish Rivers Township Fire Department to the Massey Food Bank. Jillana Goodchild, the department’s public relations officer, says several firefighters and volunteers were on hand to turn over a cheque for over $1,000 to Massey Food Bank volunteer Donelda Cannard on Wednesday evening. She says...

An advocacy group is hosting a working lunch tomorrow on Mississauga First Nation to discuss a proposed quarry in the Algoma Mills area. North Shore Environmental Resource Advocates (Incorporated) spokesperson Rhonda Kirby says they are hosting the lunch to bring information to the public about the possible negative effects the...

A Manitoulin Island Anishinaabe Indigenous rights advocate has been chosen by Hershey Canada as one of five women to celebrate Canadian Women. Autumn Peltier from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory is being featured on a limited edition of HER for SHE chocolate bars produced by Hershey Canada and in partnership with Girl...

It’s a record-setting provincial budget in Ontario. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy has tabled a record $204.7 billion budget, which includes a deficit of approximately $2.2 billion for this fiscal year. That’s down around $17.7 billion from last year with Bethlenfalvy saying the books will be balanced by 2025. Support for industries, tax...

The opposition New Democrats want the Ford government to end what they call “highway carnage”. And they’re laying the blame on trucker training and testing. Following a particularly deadly weekend that includes a snowplow operator being killed in a collision with a transport, a Queen’s Park news conference quoted stats...

A Manitoulin Island teen has been selected as one of 36 2023 Loran Scholars, out of a field of nearly 4,800 applicants. Loran Scholars Foundation communications officer, Roxy Rae says a student at Manitoulin Secondary School, Manitowaning’s own Jocelyn Kuntsi has been successful in her application to be considered a...