By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru When starting seeds indoors, you do not have to worry about the weather, insects, or the myriad of plant diseases and fungi that can affect your outdoor vegetables, trees, or flowers. But there is one disease you must be concerned with when starting seedlings […]
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It was really early on Sunday morning, about 6:45 a.m., and I was wondering if the Easter Bunny had paid me a visit. As it happens every morning when the pad of my right foot barely touches the floor as I crawl out from under the blankets, the dogs raised […]
I’ve officially opened up the ag research station here in Emo for 2010. I don’t have a lot of details on upcoming plans since my first day was just last Thursday (April 1) and it takes most of the day just getting things plugged in and charged up. There is […]
Critical parts of your travel plan are where you will make pit stops, and where you will stay. Where and what you will eat is too important to cover in this limited space. Pit stops should be calculated based on your coffee consumption, bladder capacity, and road conditions. When you […]
This past week, I was happy to table a new private member’s bill that will help secure the pensions of workers at companies that enter bankruptcy proceedings or undertake supervised restructuring. Bill C-501—an Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and other Acts—has the potential to secure tens of […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo Compaction is defined as increased bulk density and reduction in soil pore space. This occurs when the soil particles are forced closer together by the impact of equipment, animals, and raindrops. The use of heavier tractors, combines, and implements, particularly with earlier spring tillage, […]
I joined countless other drivers this past weekend driving east through Couchiching and then over the Noden Causeway to see what shape Rainy Lake ice was in. By late Friday evening, the ice had retreated deep into Sand Bay and the inside channel along the 7-Mile Bridge was opening up. […]
David Fontana Dear editor: I have lived here in Rainycrest for a little over three years now and have yet to experience one meal that I was totally dissatisfied with. Keeping this in mind, I must give all the praise in the world to the Food Service manager for his […]
Shari Godin Dear editor: After reading the letters from Shirley Russell, June Caul, and Betty Sivonen, I feel that I also must speak up about the kitchen and food services at Rainycrest. I worked in the kitchen at Rainycrest for 22 years. I loved my job, cooking, the residents, and […]
David Kircher Dear editor: I have submitted the following to the Rainy River District School Board in anticipation of the board hiring a new director of education. The operating deficit of the Fort Frances High School account—$106,000 in September, 2006 and $175,000 by September, 2007—was covered with board funds. The […]
Lillian Paesel (nee Wright) passed away peacefully just short of her 97th birthday on Thursday, April 1, 2010 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. with her son by her side. Born in Sault Ste Marie, Ont., she moved to Dinorwic, Ont. with her parents, William and Kathleen Wright, […]
Elfriede Swinkels, 84, of Emo, Ont., passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2010 after a lengthly illness with her husband, Eric, by her side. Elfriede was born in Heidelberg, Germany on June 22, 1925. She is survived by her husband, Eric; children, Hans “Joe” Wolfgang and Frances Rose; grandchildren, Jason, Neil, […]
