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By Al Lowe
Contributor

There are a lot of strange looking animals in the world. This is one of them.

This week, Queen’s Park resumes after its summer break.

Nothing brings work to a standstill faster than a mom bringing in her newborn baby. Even from the back pressroom, the pressman can hear the cooing that the front office workers make. And quickly they reach the front office to compete for time to hold those newborns.

By Morgan Haw
4–H Beef Club

The fourth meeting was hosted at McDonald's for our vet presentation. The meeting was called to order and the pledge was recited.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

Over the past couple weeks there has been a great deal said about the province potentially introducing Back to Work Legislation to force an end to a labour dispute with most of the province’s teache

By Al Lowe
Contributor

This bird is the largest owl in North America. Its measurements are quite impressive for a bird, 2 1/2 feet from head to tail, and a wingspan of about five feet.

This week presents another opportunity to share some of the hard work of the New Democrat caucus research team who are always busy discovering new and interesting things about our federal government and our party.
Did you know that since Confederation, 4,202 Canadians have been elected to the House of Commons? Of those members of Parliament, some remained in the House for a rather short period of time, while others were there for several decades.

I have a confession to make. I really like a ham and cheese omelet. I enjoy my “Egg McMuffin”, my Tim Horton’s sausage egg breakfast sandwich, and Subway’s Sausage egg breakfast meal on flat bread.
One of my treats at the cabin on the weekend is a big breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast. I like dipping my toast into the yolk and sopping up the yellow. I limit myself to one of those meals a week. When I look at the calories and fat, I really know the meal is not good for me. But I do enjoy those rich calories.
Eggs are again coming under scrutiny.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru