By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

This past week I joined my caucus colleagues in making the decision to not defeat the Liberal government over the 2012 budget.

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

It was another eventful week in Ottawa with more misspending our tax dollars, the Prime Minister backtracking on his promise to end Canada’s military commitment in Afghanistan by 2014, and a floor c

One of the owner’s of the Rainy River Record and Fort Frances Times, Don Cumming, received a very special award from the Canadian Community Newspaper Association last Thursday evening. He was the recipient of the “Gold Quill” Award. It is bestowed upon individuals who have worked within the newspaper for 50 years and have been active in their community.
I was fortunate to offer Don’s name to the board and to actually present him with the award.

Well it was a very stressful time last week.
All week I wondered if I was going to have to put my long time companion, Navy Boy, my dog, to sleep.

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OEB

Today the Ontario Energy Board released Regulated Price Plan (RPP) electricity commodity prices that take effect May 1, 2012.

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Con. College

Confederation College continues to perform well in the annual Ontario Key Performance Indicator Report (KPI).

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RR Public Library

The Rainy River Public Library stands to lose about $3,700 a year to federal government cutbacks.