Michael Erskine

The MS Chi-Cheemaun begins its season May 1, with fares held at 2025 rates. New for 2026, the OSTC has introduced daily parking fees of $10 at both terminals. The season runs through Oct 18, ending with a dry dock inspection that cancels this year’s Fall Repositioning Cruise. Bookings are now open.

Following a "near-perfect storm" of rapid snowmelt and heavy rainfall, several Manitoulin Island municipalities have declared states of emergency due to widespread flooding and infrastructure damage that could cost millions of dollars to repair.

Bonnie and Clyde the Musical is currently in production MINDEMOYA—For the past decade-and-a-half, Burns Wharf Theatre Players have titillated the senses with outstanding musical performances, mostly in the theatre located in the upper floors of the historic Burns Wharf buildings in Manitowaning, but time took its toll on the

MANITOULIN—Lakeshore Drive resident Dennis Charbonneau went to his property to move his water line further under the ice last week, only to discover he had been stranded by the floodwaters cutting the road. “I wasn’t too worried about my safety,” he said. But since he suffers from Lyme

WIIKWEMKOONG—There are few greater controversies in Anishinaabe territories than  the disbursements of payments from the Robinson Huron Treaty annuities court case that saw a $10 billion settlement from the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario shared among the 21 First Nations communities that were part of the