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Wiikwemkoong family loses everything in fire

WIIKWEMKOONG—A house fire last week destroyed the home of Dina Peltier and her daughter, taking with it everything they owned.

While the community has been stepping up to help replace some items, the need especially at this time of year is extreme.

At the advice of friends and family, the Peltiers are not setting up a GoFundMe account. Instead, Islanders are encouraged to send donations directly to the family through electronic money transfers to: dinahpeltier@hotmail.com.

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Michael Erskine
Michael Erskine
Michael Erskine BA (Hons) is a staff writer at The Manitoulin Expositor. He received his honours BA from Laurentian University in 1987. His former lives include underground miner, oil rig roughneck, early childhood educator, elementary school teacher, college professor and community legal worker. Michael has written several college course manuals and has won numerous Ontario Community Newspaper Awards in the rural, business and finance and editorial categories.