Letter to the Editor,

By Jack Elliott
Contributor

By Walter Wagner
President

The branch and the Ladies Auxiliary will have colour parties participating in Decoration Day in Fort Frances on Saturday, June 2nd.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

A couple of weeks ago the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) quietly announced serious cuts to the Bear Wise program, including the cancellation of the trapping and relocation component that deals with nuisance bears.
At the time of the announcement, the Ministry suggested that the program was ineffective in dealing with wayward bears and assured the public that police agencies across the province would be ready, willing and able to handle calls from the public regarding bear conflicts.

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

New Democrats have never been shy about taking on difficult issues. It would often be easier to deny that there was a problem and just carry on as is it didn’t exist, but we don’t. Thus, given recent economic developments in our riding, region, and country though I think it’s time we talked about what is known in economic circles as the ‘Dutch Disease’ and how it is affecting our standard of living.

For almost two decades, I have spent the Memorial Day weekend at the Canada Games Complex in Thunder Bay officiating at the Thunder Bolts swim meet. This particular swim meet attracts swimmers from Minnesota, North Dakota, and Manitoba and across Northwestern Ontario.
For Northwest region swimmers, it is their only meet where they compete in a 50 metre pool. The racing and strategy is much different that in the shorter 25m pool.

Hello my name is Ken. What is yours?
I spent the weekend attending various family functions in Williams, Pitt and Baudette.