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By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

Pines
•Jack pine produce cones every year, red pine every three to five years and white pine generally every five to seven years.

By Jack Elliott
Contributor

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

April is Cancer Awareness month.

Mining act amendments could promote job growth
By Sarah Campbell, MPP Kenora-Rainy River
On April 11 MPPs debated Bill 43, an amendment to the Mining Act intended to promote Ontario jobs.

Since I was first elected in the fall of 2011, one of my biggest priorities has been ensuring that people living across Northwestern Ontario have fair and equitable access to healthcare services.

Submitted by
Irene Hanson

With 14 members present we opened our meeting by all reading the Auxiliary Prayer.
Carolee Hogue read the minutes of the last meeting and they were accepted as read.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

By Jack Elliott
Contributor

I thought there was a UN prohibition on the laying of land mines. But no, as the snow and ice recedes from the roads and sidewalks every spring there they are.