By John Oren
Williams Northern Light

Seniors dominated the postseason awards handed out to players on the Lake of the Woods girls hockey team.

Last week our region’s tourism industry was blindsided by the news that the three provincially funded Tourist Information Centres in our region would close permanently this spring.

Submitted by
Mark Mast

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

Editor's Note: This is an open letter written by the local Chamber of Commerce to Ontario Minister of Tourism Michael Chan.

Dear Minister Chan,

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

A lot of wildfowl migrate through this area of Canada, several species of geese and many ducks. The smallest ducks we have are the teals.

Auditor General Michael Ferguson tabled a scathing report in Parliament this week that said the Harper Conservatives did not conduct an open and fair selection process for replacing the aging F-18 fighters, that the government did not know how much the F-35 would cost when it was selected as the replacement, and that the Harper Government and the Department of National Defence have deliberately misled parliament and the Canadian people about the cost of the project.

There is some thought today that computers, smart phones, IPods, and IPads have isolated individuals who never seem to have to talk with each other anymore. There are now more cell phones in the world than there have ever been landlines. In some households, the landlines have disappeared and all that remains are the cell phones for each member of the home.

From shorts to toques in three days! It was quite a weekend!
On Friday all our company arrived in Rainy River around lunch time.