Manitoulin Island

Artists on Elgin is looking forward to hosting member artist Ivan Wheale’s work for the entire month of November. [...]

Gordon’s Park’s Night Owl Weekend, this Labour Day Long Weekend, on stunning Manitoulin Island. [...]

Whether you love winter in northeastern Ontario or loathe it, there’s no debate our Sudbury Summer is the most wonderful time of the year. We are rewarded for those freezing cold days and nights with lovely weather in a natural paradise of more than 300 lakes. Ever year, Sudbury gets a little greener and grows [...]

  Guitars Alive XI to Host First Annual Guitar Festival Sudbury’s first annual Guitar Festival takes place next month June 7-9. Dr. Matthew Gould, Director of Guitar Studies at Cambrian College and Artistic Director of the event said “we are excited that through the support of the Ontario Arts Council Northern Arts Program we are [...]

Junk food may be linked to memory loss but eating a Jersey Milk or Crispy Crunch chocolate bar can transport a diet-conscious 60something faster than a speeding bullet back to their childhood, a time when the two-cent deposit on a pop bottle was a fortune. A time when a nickel bought a bag of candy; [...]

Howey Dr. Is named after Sudbury’s first doctor, William Howard Howey and his wife, Florence, who wrote one of the earliest histories of the area. After graduating from medical school at McGill, William (1855-1929) was hired by the CPR to work at temporary townsites as the railway was being built west from North Bay. After [...]

Spring 2012 Food growers and producers in Greater Sudbury, Manitoulin Island and neighbouring communities along Hwy. 17 are benefiting from the buying power of hundreds of members of Eat Local Sudbury, a co-operative retail store. The store, located on at Larch St., across from Tom Davies Square (eatlocalsudbury.com), offers 400 members a variety of local [...]

The race, called MacMan by sailors, was founded in 2004 to promote sailing in the North Channel and around Manitoulin Island. THe 2011 MacMan Race from Mackinac Island to Manitoulin Island starts on Mackinac Island July 20, the race start is July 21. Go to www.LCYC.ca for more info. The MacMan is a competitive racing/cruising event that [...]

The gardens at Teen Tree Pah on Long Lake have been lovingly cultivated by Ernie Checkeris and Muiriel McLeod for almost a quarter of a century. Teen Tree Pah means “going into a dark hallow” in Greek. Checkeris, the son of Greek immigrants, tamed the sloping camp property he bought 53 years ago for $250. [...]

Mariana Lafrance finds beauty in the city’s lane ways and alleys, hydro poles against black rock, and reflections on buildings. Her photographs capture the texture of the city, warts and all. Forty-eight of her photographs are featured in the new bilingual book, Site Unseen, Sudbury for the Curious and Adventuresome, (La Ville Invisible, Regards perdus [...]