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I watched a bumblebee on Saturday morning. Blueberry plants at the island are covered in creamy white miniature bell shaped flowers. The bumblebee was meticulously going from flower to flower, hovering just in from of each flower. If it had landed the branch from which the flowers hung would have bent. The bee was much larger than the flowers it was gathering nectar from.

For this week’s column I would like to share a letter that I sent to Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl regarding the Couchiching toll-booth protest that was set to begin Friday at no

Submitted by
Mitch Haw

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

By Jack Elliott
Contributor

The Runt was in a pickle. And this was not a pickle of Pickle’s making. This pickle was one the Runt managed to conjure up all by himself.

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

The newspaper industry continues to evolve. And evolving with it are television, radio and magazines. For newspapers the good news is that the number of Canadians reading daily and community newspapers has not declined in the last decade. This past week I attended the joint convention of the Canadian Newspaper Association and the Canadian Community Newspaper Association in Toronto. Several presentations were made showing newspaper circulation, readership, trust, and advertising success with newspapers.

With the May long weekend nearly upon us it is safe to say that summer is just around the corner. For some, that time will come sooner than for it does for others. I’m talking about our students who, after a long winter of studying and working towards their future careers, are looking to recharge their batteries, gain some valuable career experience, and earn some money to help pay for their increasingly expensive studies. The good news is that help is on the way for them.

By Irene Hanson