Columns

By Al Lowe
Contributor

Last week the Legislative Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs announced its schedule for pre-budget consultations. There were no stops in Northwestern Ontario on that schedule. In fact the closest ‘northern’ site for consultations was in Timmins, which is more than ten hours away from our region by car.

Carl Schubring, a former editor of the Fort Frances Times, jokingly told me the following story.

By Gill Stamler
RR Hosp. Aux.

On March 5th, there were 11 members present and the meeting opened with the Auxiliary prayer.
The minutes of the last meeting were read by Carolee Hogue.

By Walter Wagner
President

I am having trouble adjusting to Daylight savings time.

By Jack Elliott
Contributor

Technology has been a boon to us in many ways, but it is a double edged sword. Those boons have been accepted at a price. Stress.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

This past week my colleague, Catherine Fife from Kitchener-Waterloo, introduced a bill that would limit the ability of a government to prorogue, or shut down, the legislature.

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

By Al Lowe
Contributor