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CDA

We Want The Things You Don’t!
The Canadian Diabetes Association Clothesline Program will be doing a pickup in Rainy River on Wednesday, April 25th.
To help fight diabetes, please bring your used clothing to the Rainy River Drugs by 10am on April 25th.

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OSSTF

TORONTO, March 11 /CNW/ - Six hundred delegates gathered at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel for the annual meeting of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) and elected new leaders to represent the 60,000-member educational union.

By Jim Bradley
Minister Responsible for Seniors

Keep your eyes open for Ontario car licence plates with a new graphic - a cartoon of an Old English sheepdog. The plate owner supports the Farley Foundation, a charity established by the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association to assist seniors and people with disabilities on limited incomes to pay for medical treatment for their pets.

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FCC

Regina, Saskatchewan, March 15, 2007 – Rural community groups may apply for capital project funding from Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) $500,000 AgriSpirit Fund starting May 1.
The FCC AgriSpirit Fund helps fund community enhancement projects across Canada, including emergency services equipment, playgrounds, museums, community markets, recreation centres and community halls.

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MoH

Attention News/Health TORONTO, March 16 /CNW/ - Minister of Health Promotion Jim Watson today announced that the McGuinty government has invested in the immediate distribution of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to 11,000 participants in the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s (CAMH) Smoking Treatment for Ontario Patients (STOP) Study.

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CU Central

TORONTO, ONTARIO and VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA—(CCNMatthews - March 19, 2007) - Credit Union Central of British Columbia and Credit Union Central of Ontario are making progress on their plans to merge to create a new entity to serve credit unions across the country.

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Riverside Health Care

In March 1981, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. established a Quarter Century Club to honour employees of the corporation and auxiliary members with 5 years or mor of service. In 2001, physicians who have had 25 or more years with hospital privileges at Riverside were included in eh Quarter Century Club.

By Ken Johnston
Editor
Last year’s “B” Event champions tuned their game up a bit this year and set their sites on the brass ring at the annual Rainy River mixed bonspiel over the weekend.
Davy Armstrong’s Rainy River rink won the second event last year but made it to the “A” Event this year against another local rink; Tim Nordin and company.

Submitted by
Hal Wilhite

A new program called Strengthening Families for the Future Program begins tonight in Rainy River.
This program will provide a unique opportunity for parents/ caregivers and their children to learn how to maintain a home environment free from violence and/ or addictions. In general families will benefit by learning to have improved family relationships due to an increase in parenting and children’s life skills development.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

1. Cabbage seems to be susceptible to many diseases. Is this true?
Yellow or fusarium wilt is a relatively common disease that causes the leaves of plants to wilt and die. The first sign of the disease is yellowing and browning of the lower leaves. The plants are also stunted before wilting occurs. Fortunately science has resulted in modern hybrids that have tolerance or resistance to this disease bred into them. It is usually stated on the seed packet if the variety you choose is resistant to wilt.