Columns

It was another eventful week in Ottawa with more misspending our tax dollars, the Prime Minister backtracking on his promise to end Canada’s military commitment in Afghanistan by 2014, and a floor c

One of the owner’s of the Rainy River Record and Fort Frances Times, Don Cumming, received a very special award from the Canadian Community Newspaper Association last Thursday evening. He was the recipient of the “Gold Quill” Award. It is bestowed upon individuals who have worked within the newspaper for 50 years and have been active in their community.
I was fortunate to offer Don’s name to the board and to actually present him with the award.

By Walter Wagner
President

Our General Meeting will be this Wednesday, April 25th at 7 p.m. Nine new members have applied to be admitted to our ranks.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

Local business is the backbone of our community, yet sometimes we forget the significant impact our purchasing decisions can have.

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

Almost every year, in the early fall, I receive questions about huge caterpillars, often found on the tomatoes.

Even though parliament wasn’t sitting it was quite an eventful week in Ottawa with two new appointments for this Member of Parliament and a Shadow Cabinet announcement by New Democrat Leader Tom Mul

Sunday was Earth Day. I hadn’t paid much attention to the day until I watched the news on CBC on Sunday and saw the parades and people working to cleaning up waterways and parks across Canada People planted trees along road ways and replaced fallen trees in parks.
In my lifetime, I have planted lots of trees in my yard and now over 30 years later, I am blessed with shade in the summer and huge drifts of leaves in the fall. The leaves go into bags or onto my compost pile.

By Michael Dawber
CEO/Librarian

Spring is here, and the Rainy River Public Library has a bumper crop of new books!