Columns

My mother is a whirlwind. Her social calendar is over filled. She turns 85 this year. And she refuses to grow old. Her energy is amazing. She is a mother bear and doesn’t let anyone get away with criticizing her children or grand children.
I have many fond memories of my mother. I remember that when my parents bought their first big boat, it was named “Mother’s Worry”. It was mostly that we would travel places where our old skiff didn’t go. With the boat, on a birthday in July, my parents presented us with water skis. My brother and I were excited.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

Stephen Harper must have surprised everyone over the weekend when he told an audience “We always say in all these elections in a democratic ethos, voters are never supposed to give absolute trust to

By Michael Dawber
Librarian

E-books have arrived at the Rainy River Public Library!

By Gladys Yeo
Legion Ladies Aux.

The local branch of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary held their monthly meeting on April 13, with President Valerie Nelson presiding.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

By Jack Elliott
Contributor

Stunned! The blank stare! The look of Shock and awe! Whatever you want to call it, they are pretty much all the same.

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.