With the spring session now behind us it’s as good a time as any to take a look back at some of the high and lows of the last several months in Ottawa.

District residents will celebrate Canada Day this Thursday with activities planned across the area. Fireworks will be set off, parades will be marched, ball games played and much more. These outdoor activities bring communities together whether small or large.

It is just amazing how contagious something fun can be!

Editor’s Note: Band member Dave Byrnes is the son of Dickie Byrnes and nephew of Margeurite and Phil Larocque of Rainy River.

By Duane Hicks
Fort Frances Times

By Ken Johnston
Editor

Riverview Elementary School hosted both the Intermediate and Junior Track and Field Meets on June 9th and 10th.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

By Bette Jean Crews
President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture

Motivating our governments to action has proven to be a long, drawn out process – at least where agriculture is involved.

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

This is part 2 of a two-part article on cutting management of alfalfa. You may want to refer to the table of Development Stages of Legumes in last week’s article.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

Our federal government plans to spend $1 billion over seven days hosting the G8 and G20 international summits. The Conservatives say this is quite “normal” due to the high security costs in the post-9/11 world of international summits. Let’s take a closer look at this claim.