Columns

By Irene Hanson
Hospital Auxiliary

By Al Lowe
Contributor

I wonder what the dust that is collected in a house will tell. When we moved into our home almost 32 years ago, we began a complete remodeling. Lathe and plaster were pulled from the walls and ceilings. The plumbing was completely pulled apart.
I can remember one evening as the floor lay strewn with lathe and plaster three feet deep. My father had been there to help me and my wife began laughing at the two of us. We weren’t sure what the laughter was all about until she said; “You have to look at yourself in the mirror.” We did and laughed with her.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

The editorial in last week’s Fort Frances Times has caused a great deal of outcry. It has sparked a debate about what is a reasonable salary for a emergency worker to be paid. And it has questioned what senior managers in the public sector should be paid.
We missed the mark. Our intent was to question whether or not the wage controls and salary controls that the provincial government imposed through the “Public Sector Compensation Restraint to Protect Public Services Act, 2010”, were actually being put into practice.

After a year of work Bill C-501 is now entering the final phases of the legislative process. With that being said there have been some important recent developments that have changed the very nature of the bill and how it may impact hard working Canadians.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

The past week in Ottawa has proved to be very illuminating one, and in particular about the inner workings of our federal government. We’ve learned so much this week and all because of a simple three-letter word: “not.”