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# 🔓Expositor Unlocked: Community bids farewell  to entrepreneur and  philanthropist Doug Smith
- URL: /expositor-unlocked-province-bets-5-1-million-on-a-new-future-in-biomass-for-former-espanola-domtar-mil/
- Published: 2026-09-16T16:00:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-16T16:34:37.000Z
- Description: Read one of our featured stories this week for free.
- Author: Expositor Staff
- Tags: Newsletter

Welcome to the first edition of **Expositor Unlocked**. Every week, we're unlocking one of our featured stories from *The Manitoulin Expositor* so all our free subscribers can experience some of our in-depth local journalism.

Around 700 people gathered in Gore Bay to celebrate the life of Doug Smith, founder of Manitoulin Transport, prolific philanthropist and Order of Canada recipient who died leaving a lasting legacy.

### [👉Read the full story for free by clicking here.](/community-bids-farewell-to-entrepreneur-and-philanthropist-doug-smith/?gift=v90xN95vv28xspHbPAqrQt4c3w5rsAqo)👈

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## Check out our podcast for this week:

### Audio

[![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/69/45/6945cc49-bc3b-4cc3-bace-d0f9afcaa217/content/images/2026/09/thumbnail-1.jpg)](https://rss.com/podcasts/the-manitoulin-island-desk?ref=manitoulin.com) 

****The Manitoulin Island Desk: Episode 03**

Climate change, the future of the former Espanola Domtar mill, Metallica, an integrity report found groundless in Central Manitoulin, a fellow Islander in need of our support, the latest on the Children’s Aid Society fracas, a new novel featuring a Manitoulin cat as the protagonist, a fond farewell to Island entrepreneur Doug Smith, and the continual rise of Island prospect Kohyn Eshkawkogan.

[Listen ](https://rss.com/podcasts/the-manitoulin-island-desk?ref=manitoulin.com) 

### Video

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