Columns

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAF/MRA Rep.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

A bloodsucker on your leg can give you the willies! But let's not be too hasty in our criticism of this lowly creature.

It is amazing how much a week can change the look of a community. Two weeks prior to the opening of the Calgary Stampede, the city, the Stampede grounds were awash in water and mud. Yet through the perseverance of the city, its people and its friends, the community is now pulling off the “The Worlds Greatest outdoor Show”.

In the spring of 2011 a Toronto Star investigation uncovered the Ontario Government’s past use of Agent Orange - a herbicide associated with potential long-term health problems.

Last week’s column focused on recapping my work in parliament and the motions and bills that I tabled during the spring sitting of parliament. As we enter the second week of the summer it is worth recapping what events transpired on the government side of the House of Commons as well. Three events really dominated the spring session of parliament; the tabling of the latest Auditor General’s report, the tabling and passage of another federal budget, and the ongoing and intensifying Senate scandal.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

This past week, I had the opportunity to interview students from across the region for a summer student position in my constituency offices.

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

"How much wood could a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?"