By Michael Dawber
CEO/Librarian

Business at the Rainy River Public Library soared 21% in 2013!
The numbers are in the library’s new annual report, which has just been released.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

Now that you have purchased your supplies using the tips from Part 1, you are ready to get started with the planting process.

This week more concerning revelations about systemic abuse of the controversial Temporary Foreign Worker program by McDonald’s came to light. So disturbing are the revelations that I think we need to hit ‘pause’ on the program to figure out whether or not it can be saved at all.

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAF/MRA Rep.

Everyone needs to know their cost of production. The OMAF / MRA crop budgets are once again available as 2014 Field Crop Budgets (OMAF / MRA Publication 60)

By Al Lowe
Contributor

This is a little duck. It is also a duck of many colours, and it has a crested head. It also nests in trees. Not entirely an oddball, but maybe not too far from it.

As you read this, we will all be very close to hearing what’s in store for Ontarians in terms of the provincial budget.

In my office at the moment sit four decoys for the Ducks Unlimited auction on Friday evening. They range from a working decoy to museum quality duck reproductions. Sitting on a filing cabinet, they face me from across the room. But Thursday evening they will travel to the arena to part of the auctions of Ducks Unlimited. I have enjoyed looking at decoys since my wife some 30 years ago gave me a mallard decoy as a gift. It began a long enjoyment of collecting duck carvings.

If you operate on punctual deadlines like we do in the newspaper business, you know that unplanned interruptions can be dismal to your schedule.

News Release
Ont. Energy Board

By Ken Johnston
Editor

Two Rainy River High School badminton players will be going to the All Ontarios May 1-3 in Markham, Ontario!