By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

Under the recently announced Federal Provincial Agreement referred to as Growing Forward, a Food Safety and Traceability program has been launched.

I think a good Member of Parliament should, whenever possible, should consult directly with the people they represent as often as possible. We can do this through mailings and correspondence, phone calls, door to door visits, private meetings, and public meetings like townhalls. The other methods are all good, but I would like to deal with townhalls this week.

My parents built our cabin over 40 years ago on Rainy Lake. It was a bare bones cottage. Four walls, a wood stove for cooking, were all the amenities. If we needed water, we walked down to the dock and filled buckets with water. The dishes were washed in a big wash pan. Meals were cooked in the wood cook stove, which in summer meant the cabin was often warm.

What a mixed bag of weather this past weekend.

By Ken Johnston
Editor

As fate would have it Dorion Ozykowski of Rainy River was in the right place at the right time to help save a man’s life.

By Irene Hanson
RR Hosp. Aux.

By Jack Elliott
Correspondent

Highlight of the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture Annual Spring Dinner and Dance in Stratton Friday, May 8 was the presentation of the Bill Gibson award.

By Ken Johnston
Editor

Last Wednesday the entire student body at Riverview Elementary School in Rainy River was treated to a special concert featuring prize winning performers.

By Jack Elliott
Correspondent

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru