Columns

With the spring session now behind us it’s as good a time as any to take a look back at some of the high and lows of the last several months in Ottawa.

District residents will celebrate Canada Day this Thursday with activities planned across the area. Fireworks will be set off, parades will be marched, ball games played and much more. These outdoor activities bring communities together whether small or large.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

This is part 2 of a two-part article on cutting management of alfalfa. You may want to refer to the table of Development Stages of Legumes in last week’s article.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

Our federal government plans to spend $1 billion over seven days hosting the G8 and G20 international summits. The Conservatives say this is quite “normal” due to the high security costs in the post-9/11 world of international summits. Let’s take a closer look at this claim.

I sometimes wonder why we isolate ourselves so much. District municipalities from Atikokan to Rainy River belong to the Rainy River District Municipal Association. The RRDMA meets twice annually and come together with other regional municipal organizations once a year to meet at the Northern Ontario Municipal Association.
Yet as communities across the Rainy River District, we don’t meet often enough to grapple with issues that affect all the people of the Rainy River District.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

By Gladys Yeo
Contributor

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

Following is part 1 of a two-part article on cutting management of alfalfa.