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Publishing date: May 08, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 1 minute read •
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Manitoulin OPP officers have charged six people in the Whitefish Falls area for repeatedly ignoring Ontario’s stay-at-home orders.
In a release Friday, the OPP said officers were called about 9:40 p.m. on April 17 to Bay of Island Drive, in Mongowin Township, “in relation to a gathering at a residence. All parties at the residence were warned regarding COVID restrictions.
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Financial contributions from local wilderness lovers were key to setting aside a huge, mountainous tract near Willisville and Whitefish Falls as conservation land.
“One of the tremendous positives out of this has been the people,” said Ted Cowan, treasurer with the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy, which finalized its acquisition of the 1,984-acre property last week.
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“The Sudbury-Manitoulin area has roughly one per cent of the province’s population, and more than 50 per cent of the total funds we had donated came from that one per cent.”
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While I’ve been visiting Manitoulin Island, in all seasons, 30 years and counting, I can’t wait for the border to open and be back North. And, with these recent conversations, while I think I’m a sophisticated New Yorker who keeps learning and adores the best of Manitoulin, I realize how little I really know.
The first point was made when talking and listening to lovely Christianna Jones in Manitowaning, one cheerful morning. She told me something so funny, I fell off my chair. Really.
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