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By Al Lowe
Contributor

Surely everyone knows these friendly little squirrels with their stripped backs and winning ways.

I think elected officials must look out for the interests for their constituents at all times, and that you don’t finish working until the job is done. I’d like to think that these two beliefs have come together in a bill that I tabled this past week, Bill C-338 An Act to Amend the Bankruptcy Insolvency Act (termination and severance pay).

When I was young and trick or treating, there were a dozen homes in the neighborhood that we would make sure to stop at. Mrs. Newman on Second Street always made the very best candy popcorn balls. Mrs. Skinner had the shiniest red candy coated apples. There were mothers in the neighborhood that took the time to make Halloween treats.
Today, I wonder if anyone still makes those special treats or if everyone totally relies on store bought candy. Would parents even allow their children to eat those homemade treats?

Sarah Campbell
MPP Kenora-Rainy River

On October 6th voters across the Kenora-Rainy River riding sent a clear message to the rest of the province: we want to be heard.

By Walter Wagner
President

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

This week was a busy one in Canada and around the world with many events having long term implications at home and abroad. Here is a recap of some of the events and my opinion on how this is likely to affect things moving forward.
The first really big development, and I do mean big, was the announcement of Canada’s largest ever capital expenditure; the awarding of the $33 billion worth of shipbuilding contracts over the next 30 years.

For a month and a half, I have been negligent in attending to my yard. I have used the excuses that Marnie and I were travelling, the great weekends should be spent at the cabin and the best of all, it is getting dark too early.
I suspect that my neighbors have been wondering when I was going to rake the leaves, because they were growing tired of continually raking their lawns as the leaves from my lawn blew east across Victoria Avenue. I even felt a little guilt of watching them rake, as I walked off to work in the afternoon.