It was a very bad week for Canada’s veterans. So bad was it that my friend and colleague Peter Stoffer, the MP for Sackville Eastern Shore and New Democrat Veterans Affairs Critic, called it “one of the worst weeks for veterans and their families ever.”

By Al Lowe
Contributor

This past week there has been a great deal of discussion at Queen’s Park about government priorities and acting in the best interest of people across this province. Earlier this week we saw the Progressive Conservatives wise up to the criticism they have been receiving about not working with or positively contributing to the minority government. The PCs have been hearing this message for the past year and a half and it has hampered their political successes, causing them to blow all but one out of seven by-elections the province has had since the last general election.

On Monday families across Canada will celebrate Thanksgiving. By the second Monday of October, most crops are already harvested and are stored. The corn, wheat, oats and barley have been tilled back into the ground.
The last of the squash and pumpkins have been taken in. The onions have been dried to have firm skins. Potatoes have been dug, as have the carrots, parsnips, and turnips. South of us, much of the corn across southern Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is just beginning to be harvested. Soybeans are still green in many fields.

What? You can't read my writing?
While those of us with messy cursive handwriting have likely heard that many times over our lives, soon it will more common than we think.

By Ken Johnston
Editor

Do you ever take time to think about your health and wellness when you are at work? Well if you don’t this is Healthy Workplace Month and it is a good time to do so!

By Ken Johnston
Editor

The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association (RRCA) helped inject $1.1 million dollars into the district’s economy this past Saturday!

October 6, 1940 - August 13, 2013. Denise leaves us after a long and brave battle. She leaves to mourn her, son Keith, daughter-in-law Synnove, granddaughter Reese, sisters Linda Foster (Gary), Ida Maryniuk (Ed), her brothers Noel, Aurel (June) , Michael & Oliver along with plenty of extended family and friends.
A celebration of her life was held on Friday, August 16, 2013 at the Kingsway Legion in Edmonton, Alberta.

News Release

Sudbury, Ont. - The Rainy River Public Library has won a provincial award of excellence for the library’s Birding Buddies kits.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru