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In the past, one of the greatest challenges facing elected officials was keeping their constituents up-to-date. Constituents have the right to know how they are being represented and what initiatives their MPP is spearheading.

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

This Friday March 24th more than 130,000 New Democrat members will be voting for a new Leader of the Official Opposition and our party. We have a great slate of seven strong candidates, but one stands above all others in my opinion and would make the best Prime Minister. I will be casting my vote for Thomas Mulcair.

Forsberg and Lindberg, MacIntoshes, Taylor Electric, Andy’s Candy Land, Bernardi’s, Veteran Electric, the bowling alley, Shop Easy, Niznicks, Tiny Tot Shop, The Fridge Gilmore and Noden have all

I originally thought of Bill Fontana as being irascible. The first time I met him in the office of the Times that then was located on Church Street, he was in meeting with Carl Shrubring the newspaprs’s editor at the time.
Bill was loud. He seemed very forceful and I thought that he was angry. Bill and Carl were best of friends and regularly had coffee or shared a meal together at the Rainy Lake Hotel.

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Irene Hanson

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

By Al Lowe
Contributor