Columns

By Ken Boshcoff
MP T.Bay-RR

We are fast approaching the end of October.

By Irene Hanson
RR Hosp. Aux

By Al Lowe
Contributor

One bird in our area, which sings very beautifully, from the top of a tree or a hidden place in the underbrush, is the Brown Thrasher.

By Jack Elliott
Correspondent

By Barbara Miller
RR Ministerial

Have you finished all your Thanksgiving leftovers yet?

By Gary Sliworsky
Ag. Rep.

It was a glorious weekend. As I looked up and down Second Street (Fort Frances) on Saturday and Sunday, I couldn’t help but notice how many people were taking advantage of the two days to get their yards ready for winter.
The musty smell of leaves filled the air on Saturday. The golden colours of birch, ash and maple leaves covered the ground. At the cottage, the brown pine needles from the white and red pine are now covering the ground.
As the day wore on, people began raking those leaves and filling leaf bags from their lawns.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

By Al Lowe
Contributor

The common potato is usually associated with Ireland. In fact, it originated in the new world, in South America.