Columns

International Falls and its media often refer to this region as borderland. It is a great way of branding this section of Northern Minnesota and Northwestern Ontario. Koochiching County, Lake of the Woods County share a border with the Rainy River District that runs for over a hundred miles and shares lakes and rivers.
The communities of International Falls and Fort Frances and Baudette and Rainy River have built up friendly rivalries. They also share and support each other.

By Jack Elliott
Contributor

By Michael Dawber
Librarian

Summer is here, which means it’s almost time for kids’ summer reading at the Rainy River Public Library.

By Walter Wagner
President

A reminder to our members that there is a General Meeting this week on Wednesday night, the 29th at 7:00 p.m.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

By Al Lowe
Contributor

This is another animal which has barely - just barely - escaped disappearing altogether from the North American landscape.

When times are tough for governments their policy options become very limited. So for our federal government, which is still nursing a $40 billion or so deficit for this fiscal year (following last year’s $60 billion shortfall), the current policy options are very limited. Our federal government must pick spending priorities that will give Canadians the most bang for our buck, or put another way; those that will provide greatest possible net benefit at the lowest possible cost.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

•I planted some Lupin seeds that someone gave me last fall and none of them germinated. Why?

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

By Al Lowe
Contributor