The entry fee was steep, but they raised the necessary $3,000 and went on to exceed all other groups’ fundraising efforts – their charity, of course, was breast cancer. Hope in a Boat’s registration ...

“We decided at a team meeting recently that since we have money in surplus for our weekly hockey get togethers, that we should make a donation to the hospital,” said Mr. Niven. “Everyone was in favour ...

MANITOULIN — A quiet move by the federal government to end travel support for Canadian scientists contributing to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has raised alarm bells across the ...

SILVER WATER—Whether it has been his home community of Silver Water or when he lived in Walden, volunteering has always been a big part in the life of Murray Duncanson.

M’CHIGEENG—Manitoulin Secondary School (MSS) is hosting its annual electronic waste community collection event from May 26-May 31. Manitoulin residents are being encouraged to bring any dead ...

Volunteerism can have some pretty serious benefits—and in Mr. Manitowabi’s case, it can become the start of a career path. But the reward, he notes, comes from the joy of making a real difference in ...

LITTLE CURRENT—Many across Manitoulin are in mourning with the sudden passing of a well-known Little Current businessman, Aaron Farquhar, whose adventurous spirit and joie de vivre was known far and ...

Members of the Mindemoya Hospital Auxiliary has made a donation of $14,000 to the Manitoulin Health Centre (MHC) Smart Infusion-Smarter Care Pump fundraising campaign for its two Manitoulin hospital ...

GORE BAY—A notice of motion by the Town of Gore Bay approaching two neighbouring municipalities to amalgamate with the town will be discussed by town council at its next regular meeting.

LITTLE CURRENT—The Women of Manitoulin Entrepreneur Network will once again bring together the Island’s boldest business minds on April 27 at the Manitoulin Hotel and Conference Centre, offering a ...

LITTLE CURRENT—As with so many who volunteer, George Williamson has been giving his time to groups and causes for most of his life. These days his volunteering always involves music.

One of the most rewarding parts of volunteering for Mr. Corbiere is the joy it brings to the children, especially in an end-of-season tradition where the children play against their parents. “They ...