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Hampton says provincial budget does little for Northerners

News Release
Howard Hampton, MPP

Carrots are a hardy cool-season biennial

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

Many things to consider when selecting breeding stock

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

The viruses: Protection from them

Editor's note: This part three of a three part series.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

How much is too much?

When the earnings reports were released for the six five Canadian banks on the same day that the federal budget was presented to parliament, I had only one question; how much is too much? Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad to see that some Canadian companies are doing well during this downturn, but I have to wonder if we should be handing those companies $60 billion more in corporate tax cuts when the money can be put to better use helping other sectors of the economy that are struggling, assisting the unemployed, or protecting our pension plans.

Strenuous yard work

I sat down in my rocker just after 5:00 on Sunday night to watch the Duke-Baylor basketball game. All afternoon, I had been trimming trees, raking leaves and grass and generally trying to clean up the yard. Over the course of the afternoon, I spoke with neighbors who I haven’t spoken to since raking leaves last fall.

The dangers of a dry spring and summer

Late last week I travelled to Minneapolis to take my sweetheart to see a specialist there. It was routine follow up and went well.

It is time to hunt for Easter eggs

By Ken Johnston
Editor

Hippity Hop! Hippity Hop! Here comes Peter Cottontail hopping down the bunny trail to Rainy River!

Suppliers sought for Atikokan biomass generating station

News Release
O.P.G.

Natural gas rates take a big tumble in the region

News Release
O.E.B.

Today the Ontario Energy Board approved changes to the natural gas commodity price Union Gas Limited (Union) will charge its customers effective April 1, 2010.

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