Joey Payeur Cody Wickstrom may have just earned honourary membership with the DLM Line. The Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman teamed up with the SIJHL’s most potent forward trio to pull out a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Iron Rangers last night in Hoyt Lakes. Wickstrom finished with three points, including […]
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Growth is important. My son was 19-and-a-half inches long when he was born—a very appropriate size for a newborn. But he had to grow! He grew to be six feet tall. Then he stopped growing and that was good! What if he had gone on–seven feet, eight feet, nine feet. […]
Funny how minus-20 and minus-25 feels warm compared to minus-40 and minus-50! No complaints but I will take some warmer days and nights! I notice the cows mostly sleep on warmer nights. But when it was cold, they seemed to be up eating—trying to stay warm and likely keep their […]
The Stupor Bowl—that pretty well wraps it up. There were some entertaining commercials, enthusiastic fans, and even a decent half-time show—sans a costume malfunction. The colour commentary, as usual, was pretty inane. Too bad there wasn’t a football game to go with it all. Like most, I was mystified at […]
This past week, the Ontario Liberal government announced it intends to raise the minimum wage to $11 an hour. The raise, if passed, would see an increase in the minimum wage by 75 cents and would be the first the province has seen since 2010. It also would ensure future […]
Give a child a mountain of dirt or snow and a group of children can be amused for months. In climbing to the top of a dirt pile, the only one disappointed is the washerwoman who has to clean ground-in dirt. When climbing to the top of snow piles, even […]
I’m not a fan of winter. I suppose I was an enthusiast at one time, when building snow forts was obligatory, throwing snowballs unavoidable, and careening down the hill on a long wooden toboggan or aluminum flying saucer was requisite—all part of the natural rights and privileges of childhood. But […]
This week past was a tough one. On Friday, the Veterans Affairs office in Thunder Bay closed its doors for the final time. It was an undignified slap-in-the-face to local veterans and those across the country. Over the past year, NDP MPs joined with the Public Service Alliance of Canada […]
Those of you back home reading my column probably have heard enough about all the fishing that I’ve been doing in warm and sunny Florida over the past couple of weeks, but that’s what I’ve been doing. The first bass tournament of the 2014 FLW Tour season starts this week […]
Joey Payeur Kathie Jackson is on her way again. And this time, her significant other is coming along for the ride. Jackson and her team of third Teresa McFayden, second Lisa Penner, and lead Kris Sinclair topped Kim Beaudry 7-3 in six ends last Tuesday to win the local round […]
Joey Payeur But for one more win, a trip to Sault Ste. Marie could have ended so differently for two local rinks. Hailey Beaudry and Chris Silver came within a victory of making the playoffs at the Tim Hortons Bantam provincial championships this past week. In the end, though, they […]
Duane Hicks Town council contemplated water and sewer rates at a budget meeting yesterday, with most feeling residential rates should go up as little as possible this year. Council was told by Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown that it’s anticipated the mill will use up to 100,000 cubic metres […]
