Columns

According to the Windsor Star, the province of Ontario pledged $385 million in assistance to Ford Motor Company and the feds are looking at matching that. It works out to better than $1 million per job created. Apparently southwestern Ontario has been hard hit by the loss of manufacturing jobs.
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Some major developments over the past week, some horrible, others good, have given new momentum to the idea of a national inquiry for missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada.

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAF/MRA Rep.

As we approach the next federal election in 2015 the various political parties will begin to roll out their priorities and platforms.

With sadness we face the last long summer weekend of the year. At the newspaper our summer students are returning to their schools. Friends from the lake are departing. Classes start next Tuesday across the district. The bright yellow school buses will be back on the road.
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By Jack Elliott
Contributor
It was the end of a busy week. The reunion was over. The guests had gone. We were parked in front of the boob tube simply vegetating.

By Michael Dawber
Librarian/CEO
The Rainy River Public Library’s TD Summer Reading Club has challenged some Saskatchewan summer readers to make the craziest crafty creation!

By Walter Wagner
President

First of all I want to acknowledge Christie and Janet for their marching in the Emo Fair Parade.

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By Gary Sliworsky
OMAF/MRA Rep.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru