The ''Manitoulin Expositor'' is a Canadian weekly newspaper, published in Little Current,

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to serve residents of

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. Launched in 1879 by editor William Loe Smith, it is the oldest still-extant newspaper in the

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region.Jim Moodie, "The island's two weekly papers become one". ''

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'', March 20, 2001. The paper is nationally most noted for winning the

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for public service journalism in 1982, for its investigation into the high local

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rate. The investigation led to the launch of a community-operated suicide prevention hotline.Rudy Platiel, "Tragic honor: Editor risked exploitation charge to sound suicide alarm". ''

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'', March 26, 1984. The paper was acquired in 1970 by Rick McCutcheon, who had joined the paper as an editor in 1968. He remains the paper's owner and publisher emeritus today, although he is semi-retired and day to day operations as editor and publisher are now handled by his daughter Alicia McCutcheon.Bob Chiarito
"As community papers struggle, one island news outlet thrives by sticking to shoe-leather tactics"
''

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'', October 8, 2019. In 2020, Rick McCutcheon was inducted into the Ontario Community Newspapers Association's Hall of Fame."Rick McCutcheon inducted into newspaper hall of fame"
''Manitoulin Expositor'', May 20, 2020. In 2001, the paper acquired the formerly competing ''Manitoulin West Recorder'' in Gore Bay. Both titles are still in operation as of 2020.

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*{{official, https://www.manitoulin.com/ Weekly newspapers published in Ontario Publications established in 1879 1879 establishments in Ontario Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands